Alisma

See also: alisma

Translingual

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Etymology

Latin alisma (“an aquatic plant, water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica”), from Ancient Greek ἄλισμα (álisma)

Proper noun

Alisma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – water plantains.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order; Alismataceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alisma plantago-aquatica (common water plantain) - type species; Alisma canaliculatum, Alisma gramineum (narrowleaf water plantain), Alisma lanceolatum (lanceleaf water plantain), Alisma nanum, Alisma orientale, Alisma subcordatum (American water plantain), Alisma triviale (northern water plantain), Alisma wahlenbergii (other species)
  • Alisma × bjoerkqvistii, Alisma × juzepczukii, Alisma × rhicnocarpum - nothospecies

References

• Alisma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alisma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alisma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alisma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Alisma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Alisma at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Alisma at USDA Plants database
• Alisma at Tropicos
• Alisma at World Register of Marine Species