Kalmia
See also: kalmia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Kalm + -ia, after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm.
Proper noun
Kalmia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – mountain laurel and related trees.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Ericoideae – subfamily; Phyllodoceae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel, lambkill); Kalmia carolina (Carolina mountain laurel); Kalmia cuneata (whitewicky); Kalmia ericoides (Cuban kalmia); Kalmia hirsuta (hairy mountain laurel); Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel, lambkill); Kalmia polifolia (bog kalmia, bog laurel); Kalmia microphylla (alpine bog laurel, alpine mountain laurel) – selected species
Derived terms
References
- Kalmia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kalmia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Kalmia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons