Echinacea
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Echinus esculentus, a species in superorder Echinacea 
Echinacea purpurea
See also: echinacea
Translingual
Etymology 1
From (translingual) Echinus (“genus of sea urchins”) + -acea, a suffix indicating superfamily names.
Proper noun
Echinacea
- A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills.
Hypernyms
- (superorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Echinozoa – subphylum; Echinoidea – class
Hyponyms
- (superorder): Arbacioida, Echinoida, Phymosomatoida, Salenioida, Temnopleuroida - orders
References
Echinacea (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Echinacea (Euechinoidea) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
From Latin echinus (“sea urchin”) + -acea (“resembling”).
Proper noun
Echinacea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – coneflowers.
Hypernyms
- (genus): 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; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower) - type species, Echinacea sanguinea (sanguine purple-coneflower), Echinacea angustifolia (blacksamson echinacea), Echinacea atrorubens (Topeka purple coneflower), Echinacea laevigata (smooth coneflower), Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower), Echinacea paradoxa (yellow coneflower), Echinacea serotina (eastern purple coneflower), Echinacea simulata (wavy-leaf purple coneflower), Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower) - other species
References
- Echinacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Echinacea (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Echinacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Echinacea at The Plant List
