Myrsine
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Myrsine africana (African boxwood)
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
Myrsine f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – colicweeds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Primulaceae - family; Myrsinoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Myrsine africana (African boxwood) - type species; Myrsine aquilonia, Myrsine australis (red matipu, mapou), Myrsine coriacea, Myrsine cubana, Myrsine divaricata (weeping māpou, weeping matipo), Myrsine floridana, Myrsine gardneriana, Myrsine guianensis, Myrsine howittiana (brush muttonwood), Myrsine laetevirens, Myrsine lanaiensis, Myrsine lessertiana, Myrsine nummularia, Myrsine pillansii, Myrsine sandwicensis, Myrsine seguinii, Myrsine variabilis (brush muttonwood), Myrsine wightiana - selected species
References
Myrsine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Myrsine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Myrsine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Myrsine at USDA Plants database
- Myrsine at Tropicos
- Myrsine at World Register of Marine Species
- Myrsine at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Myrsine at the Catalogue of Life
- Myrsine at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Myrsine at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Myrsine at Plants of the World Online
