Orchidaceae

Translingual

Colour plate from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur, 1906

Etymology

Orchis +‎ -aceae

Pronunciation

English: IPA^(key): /ˌɔːrkɪˈdeɪsiːˌiː/

Proper noun

Orchidaceae

A taxonomic family within the order Asparagales – orchids.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order

Hyponyms

(family): Apostasioideae, Cypripedioideae, Epidendroideae, Orchidoideae, Vanilloideae

References

Orchidaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Orchidaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Orchidaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Orchidaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Orchidaceae at the Catalogue of Life
Orchidaceae at Encyclopedia of Life
Orchidaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Orchidaceae at APWeb
Orchidaceae at Paleobiology Database

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