Monarda

See also: monarda

Translingual

Monarda fistulosa

Etymology

After Nicolás Monardes, author of a 1560s-era book on New World botany.

Proper noun

Monarda f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – bee balm and other flowering plants native to North America.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – Monarda onyx, a moth of Mexico.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Menthinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Monarda fistulosa - type species; for other species see Monarda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

plant

• Monarda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monarda (Lamiaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Monarda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Monarda at USDA Plants database

moth

• Monarda (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monarda (Druce) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sphingidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons