Amelanchier

See also: amélanchier

Translingual

Amelanchier ovalis

Etymology

Adapted from French amélanchier.

Proper noun

Amelanchier f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the serviceberries.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Maleae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Amelanchier ovalis (snowy mespilus) - type species; Amelanchier bartramiana (oblongfruit serviceberry), Amelanchier canadensis (Canadian serviceberry), Amelanchier obovalis (coastal serviceberry), Amelanchier spicata (running serviceberry) - selected species. For more species see Amelanchier on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Amelanchier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amelanchier on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amelanchier on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Amelanchier at USDA Plants database
• Amelanchier at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Amelanchier at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Amelanchier at The Plant List
• Amelanchier at Tropicos
• Amelanchier at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Amelanchier at Paleobiology Database
• Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Amélanchier”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 56a