Definition of Genus Chrysanthemum

1. Noun. In some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chrysanthemum

genus Chlorophis
genus Chlorophoneus
genus Chlorophyllum
genus Chloroxylon
genus Chlorura
genus Choeronycteris
genus Choloepus
genus Chondrus
genus Chordeiles
genus Chordospartium
genus Choriotis
genus Chorizagrotis
genus Chorizema
genus Christella
genus Chronoperates
genus Chrysanthemum (current term)
genus Chrysaora
genus Chrysemys
genus Chrysobalanus
genus Chrysochloris
genus Chrysolepis
genus Chrysolophus
genus Chrysophrys
genus Chrysophyllum
genus Chrysopsis
genus Chrysosplenium
genus Chrysothamnus
genus Chunga
genus Cibotium
genus Cicada

Literary usage of Genus Chrysanthemum

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)
"The genus Chrysanthemum, as now accepted by botanists, includes many diverse species so far as general appearance is concerned, but nevertheless well ..."

2. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"The name Artemisia is often improperly given to an ornamental plant which belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum. " The genus Artemisia was named in honor of ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1853)
"The name Artemisia is often improperly given to an ornamental plant which belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum. " The genus Artemisia was named in honor of ..."

4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... but they all have the кате specific name under the genus Chrysanthemum, except the most important of all garden ..."

5. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The Chrysanthemum (kiku), a plant of the genus chrysanthemum (Greek: 'golden flower'), the favorite of the autumn flora of Japan and China (whither it was ..."

6. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... and anthos, a flower; white flowers, Nat. Ord. Composites. • This pernicious weed, L. vulgäre, formerly included in the genus Chrysanthemum (C. leu- ..."

7. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The name sometimes given to an annual cornfield weed of Spain and Algeria, very near to the genus Chrysanthemum, and very like our own corn-marigold. ..."

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