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Hunnemania

Hunnemania

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A small flowering plant with bright yellow cup-shaped flowers from Mexico
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Hunnemania thrives in dry, rocky soils and adds vibrant color to desert landscapes.

Examples

  • Botanists are particularly interested in Hunnemania due to its unique yellow flowers.

  • The garden featured several varieties of Hunnemania in bloom during the summer months.

  • Look at the Hunnemania!

  • The Hunnemania plant is admired for its vibrant yellow flowers.

  • Botanists are particularly interested in Hunnemania due to its unique yellow flowers.

  • The garden featured several varieties of Hunnemania in bloom during the summer months.

  • The Hunnemania plant is admired for its vibrant yellow flowers.

Synonyms

Hunnemannia
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  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant with bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers like a poppy

describes the small genus and its species native to Mexico rather than appearance

Compounds

Hunnemania fumariifolia
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers and feathery blue-grey leaves from Mexico

Surface Forms

Hunnemania singular
Hunnemaniae plural

Morphology

Hunnemania = Hunneman (opaque) = Hunneman + ia

Formed by Latinizing a personal name with the genus-forming suffix '-ia', which conveys an eponym rather than a meaning learners can derive.

Etymology

The word Hunnemania is a plant name made by putting a person's name together with the Latin ending -ia, which means 'belonging to'. So Hunnemania simply means 'the plant of' that person, like gardenia, and that is why many genus names for plants end in -ia.