Definition of Genus Calluna

1. Noun. One species.

Exact synonyms: Calluna
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Broom, Calluna Vulgaris, Heather, Ling, Scots Heather

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calluna

genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna (current term)
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum
genus Calymmatobacterium
genus Calypso
genus Calystegia

Literary usage of Genus Calluna

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... to the closely alh'ed genus Calluna. The next most impor- tant croup of cultivated "heaths is Epacris, which, however, belongs to a different family. ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Calluna has been separated from Erica, chiefly on account of differences in the capsule, and of the presence of four bracts resembling an outer ..."

3. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"The genus Calluna has been separated from Erica, chiefly on account of differences in tbe capsule, and of the presence of four bracts resembling an outer ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The Heath or heather of English literature and history belongs to the closely allied genus Calluna. The next most important group of cultivated "Heaths" is ..."

5. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1839)
"... with the habit of Erica, or rather of the European genus Calluna (heather or ling), with which it agrees in the dehiscence of the anthers. ..."

6. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1866)
"One thing is certain, that botanists would do well to look more closely at the genus Calluna than they have done, and not assume that it is only composed of ..."

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