Definition of Coryphantha

1. Noun. A cactus of the genus Coryphantha.

Generic synonyms: Cactus
Group relationships: Genus Coryphantha

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coryphantha

corymbose syphilid
corymbosely
corymbous
corymbs
corynanthidine
corynebacterial
corynebacteriophage
corynebacterium
corynebacterium diphtheriae
corynebacterium infections
corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
corynebacterium pyogenes
coryneform
coryphaei
coryphaeus
coryphantha (current term)
coryphe
coryphee
coryphees
coryphei
coryphene
coryphenes
coryphes
corypheus
corypheuses
coryphodont
coryphodonts
coryphée
coryphées
corythosaur

Literary usage of Coryphantha

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"coryphantha [Engelm.] Lemaire, Cact. 32. 1808. Stems solitary or clustered, ... coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose. Missouri or Nipple Cactus. ..."

2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"The plant-body in shape, size, and tubercles suggests some species of coryphantha. We know so little of the plants that we are not able to describe them ..."

3. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"They are divided by Schumann into four groups: (1) coryphantha, in which the flowers issue from near the ... (1) coryphantha is divided into two series: ..."

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