Translingual

Helianthus tuberosus

Proper noun

Helianthus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the sunflowers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Helianthinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Helianthus sect. Agrestes, Helianthus sect. Ciliares, Helianthus sect. Helianthus - sections
  • Helianthus annuus - type species; Helianthus tuberosus; Helianthus giganteus - selected species; see Helianthus at The Plant List for additional species and synonyms.

References

1. ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
2. ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

English

Wikispecies

Noun

helianthus ‎(plural helianthuses)

1. Any plant, of the genus Helianthus, having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays; the sunflowers