melampodium
/ˌmɛləmˈpəʊdɪəm/noun
In form Melampodium: a genus of plants of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), comprising white- or yellow-flowered herbs and subshrubs native to tropical and warm parts of America, especially Mexico; (also melampodium) a plant of this genus, especially M. leucanthum, sometimes grown as an ornamental.
- Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 921..
Origin
Late 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin melampodium, melampodion from Hellenistic Greek μελαμπόδιον from ancient Greek μελαμ- + πόδιον.