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PLANT GENUS
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Hypernyms ("plant genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant genus"):
Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum (a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae)
Crassula; genus Crassula (type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts)
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
Aeonium; genus Aeonium (a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae)
genus Ribes; Ribes (a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere)
genus Phlox (herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico)
genus Linanthus; Linanthus (a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States)
Borago; genus Borago (perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)
Amsinckia; genus Amsinckia (rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks)
genus Anchusa (rough and hairy Old World herbs)
Cynoglossum; genus Cynoglossum (a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae)
Echium; genus Echium (a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)
genus Hackelia; genus Lappula; Hackelia; Lappula (stickweed; beggar's lice)
genus Lithospermum; Lithospermum (annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia)
genus Mertensia; Mertensia (a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels)
genus Myosotis; Myosotis (forget-me-nots; scorpion grass)
genus Onosmodium; Onosmodium (a genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae)
genus Symphytum; Symphytum (comfrey)
genus Utricularia; Utricularia (bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution)
genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula (butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica)
genus Genlisea (small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps)
genus Martynia (in some classifications includes the unicorn plants)
genus Sesamum; Sesamum (tropical African and Indian herbs)
genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea (in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants)
genus Sequoiadendron; Sequoiadendron (giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae)
genus Campanula (large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers)
Dioscorea; genus Dioscorea (yams)
genus Tamus; Tamus (a genus of tuberous vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes)
Agrostis; genus Agrostis (annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from 'bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland))
Arrhenatherum; genus Arrhenatherum (oat grass)
Avena; genus Avena (oats)
genus Hamamelis; Hamamelis (deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel)
Corylopsis; genus Corylopsis (small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia)
Fothergilla; genus Fothergilla (small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States)
genus Liquidambar; Liquidambar (sweet gum)
genus Parrotia; Parrotia (one species: iron tree)
genus Parrotiopsis; Parrotiopsis (one species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains)
genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)
genus Lagerstroemia; Lagerstroemia (shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers)
Alpinia; genus Alpinia; genus Languas; genus Zerumbet (perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes)
Aframomum; genus Aframomum (an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae)
genus Paris; Paris (sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae)
genus Linum; Linum (a herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves)
genus Physostigma; Physostigma (African woody vines: calabar beans)
Arenga; genus Arenga (a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees)
genus Livistona; Livistona (fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia)
genus Phytelephas; phytelephas (small genus of South American feather palms)
genus Geranium (genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills)
Holonyms ("plant genus" is a member of...):
kingdom Plantae; plant kingdom; Plantae ((botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants)