Definition of Genus Haemanthus

1. Noun. Genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Haemanthus

genus Gymnocarpium
genus Gymnocladus
genus Gymnogyps
genus Gymnopilus
genus Gymnorhina
genus Gymnosporangium
genus Gymnura
genus Gynura
genus Gypaetus
genus Gyps
genus Gypsophila
genus Gyromitra
genus Haastia
genus Habenaria
genus Hackelia
genus Haemanthus (current term)
genus Haematobia
genus Haematopus
genus Haematoxylon
genus Haematoxylum
genus Haemodorum
genus Haemopis
genus Haemoproteus
genus Haemulon
genus Hakea
genus Halcyon
genus Haldea
genus Halenia
genus Halesia
genus Haliaeetus

Literary usage of Genus Haemanthus

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

1. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The genus Haemanthus or " Blood Flower " includes some 45 species, all but 3 of which are natives of Tropical and South Africa, and 11 or 1 2 of them are ..."

2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... in order to establish whether they are symptomatic or unimportant features; but when I consider the graduated diversity of form in the genus Haemanthus, ..."

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