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Aspidistra
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aspidistra aspidistrą
Translingual
thumb|Aspidistra elatior species
Etymology
The genus was named by the English botanist John Ker Gawler in 1822, by joining ἀσπίς, shield, to an ending that imitated the name of the sister genus Tupistra genus.
Proper noun
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genus family Asparagaceae aspidistras, native to eastern and southeastern Asia
Hypernyms
genus ; Convallarioideae subfamily subfamily; Convallarieae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Aspidistra lurida species type species
Descendants
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References
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mul Asparagus family plants