Mussaenda
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Mussaenda frondosa
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Etymology
New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, “Mussaenda frondosa”).
The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus,[1] but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.[2]
Proper noun
Mussaenda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mussaenda frondosa (wild mussaenda, dhobi tree) - type species
References
- ^ Linnæus, Carolus (1753) Species Plantarum, edition, volume 1, Holmia: Laurentius Salvius, page 177
- ^ Hermannus, Paulus (1726) Musaeum Zeylanicum, second edition, Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud Danielem van der Vecht, Bibliopolam, page 36
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