Saintpaulia

See also: saintpaulia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Saintpaulia f

African violets
1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Gesneriaceae.
2. A taxonomic section within the family Gesneriaceae – Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Gesneriaceae - family; Cyrtandroideae - subfamily; Didymocarpeae - tribe
(section): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Gesneriaceae - family; Didymocarpoideae - subfamily; Trichosporeae - tribe; Streptocarpinae - subtribe; Streptocarpus - genus; Streptocarpus subg. Streptocarpella - subgenus

Hyponyms

(genus): Saintpaulia ionantha - type species

References

Saintpaulia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saintpaulia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saintpaulia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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