Hovenia

== Translingual == === Etymology === Apparently named after David ten Hove (1724-1787) (name alternatively given as David Hoven), a Dutch senator and botanical patron who supported Carl Peter Thunberg's floral expedition of South Africa, though information on the senator is scarce beyond the naming of the hovenia. === Proper noun === Hovenia f A taxonomic genus within the family Rhamnaceae – raisin trees, endemic to Asia, from India to Japan. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rhamnaceae – family; Ziziphoideae – subfamily; Paliureae – tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Hovenia dulcis (Japanese raisin tree, Oriental raisin tree) – type species === References === === Further reading === Hovenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hovenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hovenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons