Gastrolobium
Translingual
Etymology
Likely from gastro- (“stomach”) + Latin lobus m (“lobe”) or Ancient Greek λοβός m (lobós, “lobe”) + -ium n (“-ia; forms genera”)
Proper noun
Gastrolobium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain flowering plants, principally of Western Australia, most species of which are toxic to livestock that grazes on them.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Faboideae – subfamily; Mirbelieae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gastrolobium bilobum (heart-leaved poison), Gastrolobium callistachys (rock poison), Gastrolobium calycinum (York Road poison), Gastrolobium capitatum (bacon and eggs), Gastrolobium celsianum, Gastrolobium grandiflorum (wallflower poison), Gastrolobium microcarpum, Gastrolobium spinosum (prickly poison), Gastrolobium villosum (crinkle-leaved poison) – selected species
References
- Gastrolobium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gastrolobium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Gastrolobium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons