Definition of Hymenanthera

1. Noun. A genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hymenanthera
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Violaceae, Violaceae, Violet Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenanthera

Hyllus
Hylobates lar
Hylobates syndactylus
Hylocereus
Hylocichla
Hylocichla fuscescens
Hylocichla guttata
Hylocichla mustelina
Hylophylax
Hylophylax naevioides
Hyman George Rickover
Hyman Rickover
Hymenaea
Hymenaea courbaril
Hymenanthera (current term)
Hymenogastrales
Hymenolepididae
Hymenolepis diminuta
Hymenolepis lanceolata
Hymenolepis nana
Hymenolepis nana fraterna
Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum
Hymenoxys acaulis
Hymenoxys grandiflora
Hymiskviða
Hyndluljóð
Hynerpeton

Literary usage of Hymenanthera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The ovary is free and one-celled with typically three parietal placentas as in Viola. The ovules are generally numerous, one to two as in Hymenanthera, ..."

2. Introductory Essay to The Flora of New Zealand by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1853)
"Many of the above vary so remarkably that botanists have been greatly puzzled by the abnormal forms they present : thus a state of Hymenanthera crassifolia ..."

3. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"Hymenanthera angustifolia, or a plant very similar to it, covered some rocks ... If it is the Hymenanthera, it certainly assumed a habit very different to ..."

4. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster (1908)
"Hymenanthera CRASSIFOLIA.—A curious New Zealand (1875) shrub with rigid ashy-coloured branches, and small leathery entire leaves. ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"... regarding them as a section of Violece ; and he thinks that Hymenanthera, a genus from New Holland, which is still unpublished, ..."

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