Monarda
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Monarda fistulosa
See also: monarda
Translingual
Etymology
After Nicolás Monardes, author of a 1560s-era book on New World botany.
Proper noun
Monarda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – bee balm and other flowering plants native to North America.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – Monarda onyx, a moth of Mexico.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Menthinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Monarda fistulosa - type species; for other species see
Monarda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- plant
Monarda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Monarda (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Monarda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Monarda at USDA Plants database
- moth
- Monarda (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Monarda (Druce) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Sphingidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons