Definition of Genus Adlumia

1. Noun. One species: climbing fumitory.

Exact synonyms: Adlumia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Fumariaceae, Fumariaceae, Fumitory Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Adlumia

genus Actias
genus Actinia
genus Actinidia
genus Actiniopteris
genus Actinomeris
genus Actinomyces
genus Actitis
genus Adalia
genus Adansonia
genus Addax
genus Adelges
genus Adenanthera
genus Adenium
genus Adenota
genus Adiantum
genus Adlumia (current term)
genus Adonis
genus Aedes
genus Aegiceras
genus Aegilops
genus Aegypius
genus Aegyptopithecus
genus Aeonium
genus Aepyceros
genus Aepyornis
genus Aerides
genus Aerobacter
genus Aeschynanthus
genus Aesculus
genus Aethionema

Literary usage of Genus Adlumia

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... commemorated his name in the pretty genus Adlumia ; but otherwise he has remained practically unknown until very recently. For further information ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural TasteGard (1855)
"To THE EDITOR:—I notice that in the August number of the Horticulturist, you have adopted Don's derivation of the genus adlumia from ad lumino, ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... commemorated his name in the pretty genus Adlumia; but otherwise he has remained practically unknown until very recently. For further information ..."

4. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist by Natural History Society of Montreal (1858)
"The single species of the genus Adlumia I have never had the pleasure of collecting, although it be native of Canada. ..."

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