Chelone
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Chelone f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – turtleheads, of eastern North America, with flowers reminiscent of the heads of turtles.
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; Plantaginaceae – family; Cheloneae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) – type species
References
- Chelone (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chelone on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Chelone on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Chelone at Plants of the World Online
- Chelone at USDA Plants database
- Chelone at Tropicos
- Chelone at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Chelone at the Catalogue of Life
- Chelone at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chelone at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Chelone at iNaturalist
- Chelone at the Open Tree of Life Web Project
- Chelone available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “tortoise”).
Proper noun
Chelone
- (Greek mythology) A woman who became the tortoise as punishment for disobeying a summons from the gods.