Proboscidea

Translingual

Mammut americanum skeletons

Proboscidea parviflora

Etymology

Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”). See proboscis.

Proper noun

Proboscidea

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – elephants.
2. (Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Atlantogenata – magnorder; Afrotheria – superorder; Tethytheria – mirorder
• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Martyniaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (order): Elephantidae (family)
  • †Anthracobunidae, †Deinotheriidae, †Gomphotheriidae, †Mammutidae, †Moeritheriidae, †Stegodontidae, (extinct families)
  • †Arcanotherium, †Eritreum, †Numidotherium (genera incertae sedis, all extinct)
• (genus): Proboscidea louisianica (ram's horn) - type species; Proboscidea althaeifolia (devil's horn, devil's claw, desert unicorn plant), Proboscidea diversifolia, Proboscidea parviflora (doubleclaw, red devil's claw), Proboscidea triloba, Proboscidea sabulosa (dune unicorn plant), Proboscidea spicata (New Mexico unicorn plant) (other species)

Derived terms

• Proboscidea lutea (yellow unicorn plant, syn. of Ibicella lutea)

References

• (order of mammals):
  • Proboscidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Proboscidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Proboscidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Proboscidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Proboscidea in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
  • Proboscidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • Proboscidea at Paleobiology Database
  • Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
• (genus of plants):
  • Proboscidea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Proboscidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Proboscidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
  • Proboscidea at USDA Plants database