Mentzelia
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Mentzelia laevicaulis 
See also: mentzelia
Translingual
Etymology 1
From German Mentzel (“a surname”) + -ia; named by Linnaeus in 1753 after German botanist and sinologist Christian Mentzel. See 
Christian Mentzel on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr.
Proper noun
Mentzelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Loasaceae – certain flowering plants of the Americas, called blazingstars or stickleafs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Loasaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mentzelia aspera - type species; Mentzelia affinis, Mentzelia albescens, Mentzelia albicaulis, Mentzelia chrysantha, Mentzelia congesta, Mentzelia conzattii, Mentzelia cordifolia, Mentzelia crocea, Mentzelia decapetala, Mentzelia densa, Mentzelia desertorum, Mentzelia dispersa, Mentzelia eremophila, Mentzelia fendleriana, Mentzelia goodrichii, Mentzelia gracilenta, Mentzelia hirsutissima, Mentzelia involucrata, Mentzelia inyoensis, Mentzelia jonesii, Mentzelia laciniata, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia leucophylla, Mentzelia lindleyi, Mentzelia micrantha, Mentzelia mollis, Mentzelia montana, Mentzelia multiflora, Mentzelia nitens, Mentzelia nuda, Mentzelia oligosperma, Mentzelia oreophila, Mentzelia packardiae, Mentzelia parvifolia, Mentzelia pectinata, Mentzelia polita, Mentzelia pumila, Mentzelia reflexa, Mentzelia rhizomata, Mentzelia rusbyi, Mentzelia scabra, Mentzelia springeri, Mentzelia tiehmii, Mentzelia todiltoensis, Mentzelia torreyi, Mentzelia tricuspis, Mentzelia vietchiana (species)
Etymology 2
From German Mentzel (“a surname”) + -ia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
†Mentzelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Spiriferinidae – certain extinct brachiopods.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Brachiopoda - phylum; Rhynchonellata - class; †Spiriferinida - order; Spiriferinidina - suborder; Spiriferinoidea - superfamily; Spiriferinidae - family; Mentzeliinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mentzelia mentzeli - type species.
- For additional species see Mentzelia at Paleobiology Database.
References
- flowering plant
Mentzelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mentzelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mentzelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Mentzelia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mentzeli at The Plant List
- Mentzelia at USDA Plants database
- extinct brachiopods