Definition of Genus Sterculia

1. Noun. Type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics.

Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Sterculia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sterculia

genus Steganopus
genus Stegosaurus
genus Stelis
genus Stellaria
genus Stenocarpus
genus Stenochlaena
genus Stenopelmatus
genus Stenopterygius
genus Stenotaphrum
genus Stenotomus
genus Stenotus
genus Stentor
genus Stephanomeria
genus Stephanotis
genus Stercorarius
genus Sterculia (current term)
genus Sterna
genus Sternotherus
genus Stevia
genus Sticherus
genus Stictomys
genus Stictopelia
genus Stizolobium
genus Stizostedion
genus Stokesia
genus Storeria
genus Strekelia
genus Strelitzia
genus Strepera
genus Strepsiceros

Literary usage of Genus Sterculia

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

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The most abundant of these is the genus Sterculia Linne, which in the existing flora has about one 39 Ettingshausen, " Ueber die Nervation der ..."

2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Order MALVALES Family STERCULIACEAE Genus STERCULiA Linne [Sp. PI., 1753, p. 1007] STERCULIA MINIMA Berry Plate LXXX, Figs. ..."

3. Edwards's Botanical Register, Or, Ornamental Flower-garden and Shrubbery by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley (1829)
"... and the union of the filaments by threes into a cup surrounding the ovarium, are all characters that forcibly call to recollection the genus Sterculia. ..."

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