Definition of Genus Ascophyllum

1. Noun. Brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.

Exact synonyms: Ascophyllum
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Family Fucaceae, Fucaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ascophyllum

genus Arrhenatherum
genus Artamus
genus Artemia
genus Artemisia
genus Arthropteris
genus Artocarpus
genus Arum
genus Arundinaria
genus Arundo
genus Arvicola
genus Asarum
genus Ascaphus
genus Ascaridia
genus Ascaris
genus Asclepias
genus Ascophyllum (current term)
genus Asimina
genus Asio
genus Aspalathus
genus Asparagus
genus Aspergillus
genus Asperula
genus Asphodeline
genus Asphodelus
genus Aspidelaps
genus Aspidiotus
genus Aspidistra
genus Aspidophoroides
genus Aspis
genus Asplenium

Literary usage of Genus Ascophyllum

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

1. Bulletin of Pharmacy (1893)
"F. nodosus is in like manner placed in the genus Ascophyllum,characterized by having four oospores in the organism. ..."

2. An Introduction to Structural Botany by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1904)
"eight nuclei are utilised, for the oogonium there divides into eight cells; in another genus (Ascophyllum) four cells are ..."

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