Plumbago
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Plumbago europea growth habit 
Plumbago auriculata flower
See also: plumbago
Translingual
Etymology
Latin plumbago (“galena, graphite, Plumbago europaea”)
Proper noun
Plumbago f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – leadworts.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Plumbaginaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Plumbaginaceae - family; Plumbaginoideae - subfamily
- (genus in Hesperiidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus of plant): Plumbago europaea - type species; Plumbago amplexicaulis, Plumbago aphylla, Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago ciliata, Plumbago caerulea, Plumbago dawei, Plumbago esquirolii, Plumbago glandulicaulis, Plumbago indica, Plumbago juncea, Plumbago lanceolata, Plumbago madagascariensis, Plumbago montis-elgonis, Plumbago pearsonii, Plumbago pulchella, Plumbago stenophylla, Plumbago toxicaria, Plumbago tristis, Plumbago wissii, Plumbago zeylanica - other species
- (genus of butterfly): Plumbago plumbago - type species; Plumbago pulverea, Plumbago serapion - other species
Derived terms
References
- plant
Plumbago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Plumbago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Plumbago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Plumbago at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Plumbago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Plumbago at USDA Plants database
- Plumbaginoideae at APWeb
- Plumbago at Plants of the World Online
- butterfly
- Plumbago (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Plumbago (Pyrginae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pyrgini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pyrgini at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Plumbago at the Catalogue of Life
- Pyrginae at National Center for Biotechnology Information