Mussaenda

Translingual

Mussaenda frondosa

Alternative forms

Mussænda

Etymology

New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, “Mussaenda frondosa”).

The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus,[1] but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.[2]

Proper noun

Mussaenda f

A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Mussaenda frondosa (wild mussaenda, dhobi tree) - type species

References

Linnæus, Carolus (1753) Species Plantarum‎, [first] edition, volume 1, Holmia: Laurentius Salvius, page 177
Hermannus, Paulus (1726) Musaeum Zeylanicum‎, second edition, Lugdunum Batavorum: Apud Danielem van der Vecht, Bibliopolam, page 36

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