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Elsholtzia
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Translingual
thumb|Elsholtzia ciliata species
Etymology
Named in honour of the Prussian naturalist Johann Sigismund Elsholtz.Magazin für die Botanik Willdenow Carl Ludwig 4 11 4 Römer & Usteri Novum vegetabile genus ELSHOLTZIA nominatum 1790 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Magazin_f%C3%BCr_die_Botanik/rwMWAAAAYAAJ la Primus omnium qui Floram Marchicam describere tentavit erat D. Joh. Sigsmund ELSHOLTZ, qui & alium librum de Horticultura in vernacula lingua scripsit, cui liber non editus in Bibliotheca Berolinensi asservatus adnumerandus est. Celeber ille Vir suo tempore plantas tam hortenses, quam spontaneas magna cum diligentia collegit, & ad genium temporis descripsit; cui hanc plantam nominavi.
Proper noun
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genus family Lamiaceae certain plants in the mint family
Hypernyms
genus ; Nepetoideae subfamily - subfamily; Elsholtzieae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Elsholtzia ciliata species (crested latesummer mint) - type species
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