Pieris

Pieris

"Pieris" is two different genera:
*"Pieris" (plant), the andromedas or fetterbushes, is a plant genus in the Ericaceae family
*"Pieris" (butterfly), the whites, is a butterfly genus in the Pieridae family, the whites

*Pieris is also an ancient name of Kondariotissa and an ancient tribe where the name Pieria originates
*Another Pieris existed near what is now the southwestern portion of the Kavala prefecture in eastern Greek Macedonia. It is now a municipality, Piereis, covering most of the ancient Pieris


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  • Pieris — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Pieris Pieris napi Clasific …   Wikipedia Español

  • Pieris — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pieris (plante) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pieris — bezeichnet zwei verschiedene Gattungen in der biologischen Systematik: die Pflanzengattung Pieris (Pflanze) aus der Familie der Heidekrautgewächse (Ericaceae) sowie die Schmetterlingsgattung Pieris (Schmetterling) aus der Familie der Weißlinge… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pieris — Pieris (лат.): Pieris  род растений Пиерис семейства Вересковые. Pieris  род бабочек огородные белянки из семейства белянки …   Википедия

  • Piĕris — Piĕris, so v.w. Weißling …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Piëris — Piëris, der Weißling …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Piëris — Piëris, s. Weißlinge …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • PIERIS — apud Plin. loc. cit. urbs Macedoniae, quae Pieria alias; item mons Thessaliae, qui alias Pierius. Sic Graeci et Πιερίδα et Πιερίαν montem appellant, ut apud Strabonem videre est. Salmas. ad Solin. p. 152 …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Pieris — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Pieris (plante). Pieris …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pieris — noun 1. decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vines • Syn: ↑genus Pieris • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family …   Useful english dictionary

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