Lychnis
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Lychnis chalcedonica
See also: lychnis
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin lychnis (“kind of rose”), or directly from Ancient Greek λυχνίς (lukhnís, “Silene coronaria syn. Lychnis coronaria”).
Proper noun
Lychnis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – certain campions and catchflies, now usually Silene.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Caryophyllaceae - family; Sileneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lychnis sect. Agrostemma, Lychnis sect. Lychnis - sections
- Lychnis chalcedonica - type species; for other species etc. see Lychnis at The Plant List.
Coordinate terms
- (genus called campion or catchfly): Silene
References
Lychnis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Lychnis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Lychnis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Lychnis at USDA Plants database
- Lychnis at Tropicos
- Lychnis at World Register of Marine Species
- Lychnis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Lychnis at the Catalogue of Life
- Lychnis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Lychnis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Lychnis at The Plant List
- Lychnis at Paleobiology Database
