Crepis
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Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin crepis in Linnaeus's 1737 Genera Plantarum, from Ancient Greek κρηπίς (krēpís, “crepida, foundation”).
Proper noun
Crepis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – hawksbeard.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Calloporidae – little-known bryozoans, of recently revised placement.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Asteraceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Cichorioideae - subfamily; Cichorieae - tribe; Crepidinae - subtribe
- (genus of bryozoans): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Bryozoa - phylum; Gymnolaemata - class; Cheilostomata - order; Flustrina - suborder; Calloporoidea - superfamily; Calloporidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus in Asteraceae): Crepis biennis - type species; for other species see Crepis at The Plant List
- (genus of byrozoan): Crepis longipes - type species
Descendants
See also
- Hieracium (also called hawksbeard)
- Chlidoniidae (former family of Crepis (bryozoan))
References
- plant
Crepis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Crepis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Crepis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Crepis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Crepis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Crepis at USDA Plants database
- Crepis at Tropicos
- Crepis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Crepis at The Plant List
- animal
- Flustrina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Calloporidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Calloporoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Calloporoidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Crepis at World Register of Marine Species