Nerine
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Nerine f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaryllidaceae – nerines, native to southern Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Amaryllidaceae – family; Amaryllidoideae – subfamily; Amaryllideae – tribe; Strumariinae – subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nerine sarniensis (Guernsey lily, red nerine, Jersey lily) – type species; Nerine angustifolia (ribbon nerine), Nerine appendiculata (whitetip nerine), Nerine bowdenii (Cornish lily), Nerine filifolia (fineleaf nerine), Nerine gaberonensis (Kalahari nerine), Nerine gibsonii (mountain stream nerine), Nerine gracilis (fine nerine), Nerine humilis (mountain nerine), Nerine krigei (corkskrew nerine), Nerine laticoma (Vlei nerine), Nerine pancratioides (white nerine), Nerine pudica (demure nerine), Nerine pusilla (Namibia nerine), Nerine rehmannii (highveld nerine), Nerine undulata (crape-flower) – selected other species
References
- “Nerine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Nerine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nerine (Amaryllidaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Nerine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons