Definition of Genus Dombeya

1. Noun. Genus of African shrubs or small trees.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dombeya

genus Dipodomys
genus Dipogon
genus Dipsacus
genus Dipsosaurus
genus Dipteronia
genus Dipteryx
genus Dipus
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya (current term)
genus Doodia
genus Doronicum
genus Dorotheanthus
genus Doryopteris
genus Dovyalis
genus Draba
genus Dracaena
genus Draco
genus Dracocephalum
genus Dracontium
genus Dracula
genus Dracunculus
genus Dreissena
genus Drepanis

Literary usage of Genus Dombeya

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)
"... Unger named from its supposed affinity with the modern genus Dombeya Cav. which has 40 African, mostly Madagascar, species. About 30 species have been ..."

2. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The genus Dombeya includes 24 or more species, all natives of Africa and the Mascarene Islands. In addition to D. natalensis we have 3 other species in ..."

3. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"... named from its supposed affinity with the modern genus Dombeya Cavanilles, which embraces 40 African species, mostly from Madagascar. ..."

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