Definition of Genus liriope

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf.

Exact synonyms: Liriope
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Lily Turf, Lilyturf, Liriope Muscari

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Liriope

genus Limonium
genus Limosa
genus Limulus
genus Linanthus
genus Linaria
genus Lindera
genus Lindheimera
genus Linnaea
genus Linum
genus Liomys
genus Liopelma
genus Liparis
genus Liposcelis
genus Liquidambar
genus Liriodendron
genus Liriope
genus Listera
genus Listeria
genus Litchi
genus Lithocarpus
genus Lithophragma
genus Lithops
genus Litocranius
genus Littorina
genus Livistona
genus Loasa
genus Lobelia
genus Lobipes
genus Lobotes

Literary usage of Genus liriope

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

1. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"We have added the anomalous parasitic genus Liriope to this family (rather than place it near Tanais, as done by Dana), from a consideration of its general ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1886)
"This species has been subsequently placed in the genus Liriope by Gegenbauer (Versuch eines Systems dor Medusen, p. 257.) Later writers as L. Agassiz and E. ..."

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