Forsythia
See also: forsythia
Translingual
Forsythia shrub
Etymology
Forsyth + -ia, after William Forsyth (horticulturist)
Proper noun
Forsythia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – the forsythias, native to Eurasia, principally east Asia.
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; Oleaceae - family; Forsythieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Forsythia sect. Forsythia, Forsythia sect. Giralidianae - sections
- Forsythia × intermedia (showy forsythia), Forsythia × kobendzae, Forsythia × variabilis - nothospecies
- Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) - type species; Forsythia europaea, Forsythia giraldiana (early forsythia), Forsythia japonica, Forsythia koreana, Forsythia likiangensis, Forsythia mandschurica, Forsythia mira, Forsythia ovata (early forsythia, Korean forsythia), Forsythia saxatilis, Forsythia togashii, Forsythia velutina, Forsythia viridissima (greenstem forsythia) - species
- Forsythia × intermedia (showy forsythia), Forsythia × kobendzae, Forsythia × variabilis - nothospecies
References
Forsythia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Forsythia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Forsythia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Forsythia at USDA Plants database
- Forsythia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
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