Definition of Genus Martynia

1. Noun. In some classifications includes the unicorn plants.

Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Member holonyms: Martynia, Martynia Annua
Group relationships: Family Pedaliaceae, Pedaliaceae, Sesame Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Martynia

genus Manduca
genus Mangifera
genus Manihot
genus Manilkara
genus Manis
genus Manta
genus Mantis
genus Maranta
genus Marasmius
genus Marattia
genus Marchantia
genus Marmota
genus Marrubium
genus Marsilea
genus Martes
genus Martynia (current term)
genus Masdevallia
genus Masticophis
genus Mastigoproctus
genus Mastodon
genus Mastotermes
genus Matricaria
genus Matteuccia
genus Matthiola
genus Maxillaria
genus Maxostoma
genus Mayaca
genus Mayetiola
genus Mazama
genus Meconopsis

Literary usage of Genus Martynia

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

1. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"DESCRIPTION, &c—The genus Martynia, which was named by Houston in honour of Professor Martyn, editor of Miller's Dictionary, &c., is nearly allied to the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"... murex render water or milk mucilaginous, and the genus Martynia yields some handsome garden plants. *+£+*-* ate possess considerable interest, ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"Unicorn Plant, one of the popular names of plants of the genus Martynia, glandular, pubescent, and fetid herbs, natives of America. ..."

4. The New Zealand Journal of Science (1885)
"... by means of its teeth, many of them got into the mouth and stuck there, causing an inflammation which ended fatally. To the allied genus Martynia belong ..."

5. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1873)
"The genus Martynia was во named by Willdenow, in honour of John Marty n, Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge, and author of several botanical ..."

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