Sium

See also: sium and -sium

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σίον (síon).

Proper noun

Sium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – water parsnips.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Apiales – order; Apiaceae – family; Apioideae – subfamily; Oenantheae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sium latifolium (wide-leaf water parsnip, great water parsnip, greater water parsnip) – type species; Sium suave (common water parsnip, hemlock water parsnip), Sium sisarum (skirret) – selected other species

Derived terms

• Sium bracteatum (jellico, large jellico, now Berula bracteata)
• Sium burchellii (dwarf jellico, now Berula burchellii)

References

• Sium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sium at USDA Plants database
• Sium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Sium at Tropicos
• Sium at The Plant List