Saussurea

== Translingual == === Etymology === From French Saussure (surname, after Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (taxonomist and entomologist)) +‎ -a. === Proper noun === Saussurea f A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the saussureas; some called saw-worts. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Saussurea nuda (syn. Serratula alpina) (dwarf saw-wort) - type species; Saussurea costus (costus, kuth), Saussurea alpina (common saw-wort), Saussurea americana (American saw-wort), Saussurea angustifolia (narrowleaf saw-wort), Saussurea densa (clustered saw-wort), Saussurea involucrata (snow lotus), Saussurea nuda (nutty saw-wort), Saussurea obvallata (Brahma kamal), Saussurea viscida (sticky saw-wort), Saussurea weberi (Weber's saw-wort) - selected other species === References === Saussurea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Saussurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Saussurea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Saussurea at USDA Plants database