Xanthosoma
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Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, xantho- + -soma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”)
Proper noun
Xanthosoma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – many tropical American arums, several of which are starchy food staples.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae – superorder; Alismatales – order; Araceae – family; Caladieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Xanthosoma sagittifolium - type species; for other species see
Xanthosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Caladieae): Caladium, Chlorospatha, Hapaline, Jasarum, Scaphispatha, Syngonium - genera
References
- Xanthosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xanthosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Xanthosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Xanthosoma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Xanthosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Xanthosoma at USDA Plants database
- Aroideae at APWeb
- Xanthosoma at Tropicos
- Xanthosoma at Plants of the World Online
