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Punica granatum L.

Pomegranate

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Punica granatum (pomegranate)

9/1/2013 · Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Punica granatum (pomegranate)

9/1/2013 · Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Punica granatum (pomegranate)

5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Ari­zona · ≈ 1 × 1¼″ (2.8 × 3.3 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassRosidaeRoses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
OrderMyrtalesIncludes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others
FamilyPunicaceaeFrom the genus name Punica, ”of Carthage“ or ”Phoenician“
GenusPunicaStearn’s Dictionary of Plant Names says: “The Latin name contracted from punicum malum, Carthaginian apple, in turn derived from Poenus, ‘a Carthaginian,’ or Phoinikes, ‘Phoenicians,’ “ this is the generic name of the pomegranate, Punicum granatum
SpeciesgranatumMany-seeded

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Punica granatum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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