Mesembryanthemum
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Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
See also: mesembryanthemum
Translingual
Etymology
Taxonomic Latin, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) and ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “embryo" or "pistil”) and ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).
Proper noun
Mesembryanthemum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – many succulents indigenous to South Africa, ice plant or icicle plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Aizoaceae – family; Mesembryanthemoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum - type species; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum - selected species; for other species see
Mesembryanthemum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
Mesembryanthemum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mesembryanthemum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Mesembryanthemum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mesembryanthemum at USDA Plants database
- Mesembryanthemum at Tropicos
- Mesembryanthemum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Mesembryanthemum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mesembryanthemum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Mesembryanthemum at The Plant List
