Definition of Genus Carpenteria

1. Noun. One species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carpenteria

genus Carcharhinus
genus Carcharias
genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria (current term)
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea

Literary usage of Genus Carpenteria

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

1. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1858)
"The existence of these spicula shows that the genus Carpenteria, and probably all the group, forms the passage between the Porifera and ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1878)
"P. balani/orme is identical with the genus Carpenteria of Gray, which is not a connecting link between ..."

3. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1867)
"... and alludes to the genus Carpenteria, a Foraminifera which exhibits spicules as further illustrating their relationship—Cliona celata, ..."

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