Sandersonia
See also: sandersonia
Translingual
Sandersonia aurantiaca (the yellow flowers)
Etymology
Named after John Sanderson (1820–1891) by botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) [1][2] + -ia.
Proper noun
Sandersonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Colchicaceae – one species, Sandersonia aurantiaca - the sandersonias or Christmas bells.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Liliales - order; Colchicaceae - family; Colchiceae - tribe
References
Sandersonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sandersonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sandersonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
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