Asteriscus

See also: asteriscus

Translingual

Asteriscus maritimus flowers

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀςερίσκος (aserískos, “small star”). The name was used by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort because the chalice (calyx) is in the form of a star.

Proper noun

Asteriscus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family

References

• Asteriscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asteriscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asteriscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pitton Tournefort (1694) Elemens de botanique, ou Methode pour connoître les plantes, Paris, page 399