Frankenia

Etymology
From, coined by Linnaeus to honor Johan Franck (1590–1661), a former Swedish botanist at the University of Uppsala. Sometimes mistakenly further Latinized as Francenia.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 630:
 * 'F,, or , a genus of the hexandria monogynia claſs. The calix is tunnel ſhaped, and divided into five ſegments; the petals are five; the ſtigma has ſix diviſions; and the capſule conſiſts of one cell, with three valves. There are three ſpecies, two of them natives of Britain, viz.'' the lævis, or ſmooth ſea-heath; and the pulverulenta, or broad leaved ſea-heath.
 * 'F,, or , a genus of the hexandria monogynia claſs. The calix is tunnel ſhaped, and divided into five ſegments; the petals are five; the ſtigma has ſix diviſions; and the capſule conſiſts of one cell, with three valves. There are three ſpecies, two of them natives of Britain, viz.'' the lævis, or ſmooth ſea-heath; and the pulverulenta, or broad leaved ſea-heath.

Hypernyms

 * ; - family

Hyponyms

 * - type species; for others see