Ebenus

See also: ebenus

Translingual

Ebenus cretica

Etymology

Latin ebenus, alternative form of hebenus (“ebony”), from Ancient Greek ἕβενος (hébenos), ἔβενος (ébenos).

Proper noun

Ebenus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – flowering herbs found from Morocco to the Himalayas.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Ebenaceae – ebony, now Diospyros.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Hedysareae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Ebenus cretica (Cretan ebony) - type species; Ebenus argentea, Ebenus armitagei, Ebenus barbigera, Ebenus boissieri, Ebenus bourgaei, Ebenus cappadocica, Ebenus depressa, Ebenus haussknechtii, Ebenus hirsuta, Ebenus lagopus, Ebenus laguroides, Ebenus longipes, Ebenus macrophylla, Ebenus pinnata, Ebenus pisidica, Ebenus plumosa, Ebenus reesei, Ebenus sibthorpii, Ebenus stellata, Ebenus zekiyeae - other accepted species
  • Ebenus abyssinica, Ebenus acapulcensis, Ebenus acuminata, Ebenus albens, Ebenus andamanica, Ebenus andersonii, Ebenus beccarii, Ebenus bourgeaui, Ebenus brexifolia, Ebenus candidus, Ebenus capensis, Ebenus caribaea, Ebenus cauliflora, Ebenus cilicica, Ebenus compacta, Ebenus confertiflora, Ebenus cordata, Ebenus creticus, Ebenus diffusa, Ebenus elliptica, Ebenus erinacea, Ebenus fasciculosa, Ebenus ferruginea, Ebenus foliosa, Ebenus geminata, Ebenus grisebachii, Ebenus hemicyclodes, Ebenus hermaphrodica, Ebenus hilairei, Ebenus hillebrandi, Ebenus hirta, Ebenus humilis, Ebenus inconstans, Ebenus intricata, Ebenus javanica, Ebenus lamponga, Ebenus lancea, Ebenus lanceolata, Ebenus laurina, Ebenus leucomelas, Ebenus maingayi, Ebenus major, Ebenus mannii, Ebenus melanida, Ebenus mellinoni, Ebenus merguensis, Ebenus micrantha, Ebenus molucca, Ebenus montbretii, Ebenus motleyi, Ebenus mualata, Ebenus myristicodes, Ebenus myristicoides, Ebenus myrmecocalyx, Ebenus myrmecocarpa, Ebenus natalensis, Ebenus nigrescens, Ebenus oblongifolia, Ebenus obovata, Ebenus ovalifolia, Ebenus pavonii, Ebenus pinnatus, Ebenus pogonotropis, Ebenus punctata, Ebenus quiloensis, Ebenus reticulata, Ebenus rufa, Ebenus ruminata, Ebenus salicifolia, Ebenus sandwicensis, Ebenus sericea, Ebenus seychellarum, Ebenus stellatus, Ebenus stipulacea, Ebenus sumatrana, Ebenus tesselaria, Ebenus teysmannii, Ebenus vieillardii - unaccepted species (mostly syns. of accepted species)

Further reading

• Ebenus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ebenus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ebenus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ebenus at USDA Plants database