Hura

See also: hura

Translingual

Hura crepitans

Etymology

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Proper noun

Hura f

A taxonomic genus within the family Euphorbiaceae – certain trees of the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico.

Usage notes

In 1783, Johann Gerhard König used the name Hura to refer to a very different plant from the one Linnaeus had named, thus creating an illegitimate homonym. Those plants are now in the genus Globba.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Euphorbiaceae - family; Euphorbioideae - subfamily; Hureae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Hura crepitans - type species

References

Hura (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Hura at Tropicos

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