Solidago

See also: solidago

Translingual

Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod)

Etymology

Adapted from Medieval Latin solidāgō, soldāgō, a comparatively rare interpretation within the textual corruption complex cōnsolida, consolda, cōnserva, cōnferva, cōnfirma denoting comfrey (“Symphytum officinale”), whose name was transferred to the “woundwort”, European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea, as equally used to treat lesions.

Proper noun

Solidago f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – goldenrods.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Astereae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod) - type species; Solidago altissima (late goldenrod), Solidago arguta (Atlantic goldenrod), Solidago bicolor (white goldenrod), Solidago caesia (wreath goldenrod), Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod), Solidago cutleri (Cutler's alpine goldenrod), Solidago erecta (slender goldenrod), Solidago flexicaulis (zig-zag goldenrod, broadleaved goldenrod), Solidago gigantea (giant goldenrod), Solidago hispida (hairy goldenrod), Solidago juncea (early goldenrod), Solidago latissimifolia (Elliott's goldenrod), Solidago macrophylla (large-leaved goldenrod), Solidago nemoralis (gray goldenrod, American western goldenrod), Solidago odora (anise-scented goldenrod, sweet-scented goldenrod), Solidago patula (rough-leaved goldenrod), Solidago puberula (downy goldenrod), Solidago rugosa (wrinkleleaf goldenrod, rough-stemmed goldenrod), Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod, beach goldenrod), Solidago simplex (mountain goldenrod, decumbent goldenrod), Solidago speciosa (showy goldenrod), Solidago squarrosa (stout goldenrod), Solidago uliginosa (bog goldenrod), Solidago ulmifolia (elm-leaf goldenrod); for other species see Solidago on WikispeciesWikispecies or Solidago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Solidago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solidago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solidago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Solidago at USDA Plants database
• Solidago at The Plant List
• Stadler, Hermann (1898) “Lateinische Pflanzennamen im Dioskorides”, in Archiv für lateinische Lexikographie und Grammatik‎^[1] (in German), volume 10, page 111
• Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Solidágo”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, page 594b