Definition of Genus Maxillaria

1. Noun. Large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes.

Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Maxillaria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Maxillaria

genus Marattia
genus Marchantia
genus Marmota
genus Marrubium
genus Marsilea
genus Martes
genus Martynia
genus Masdevallia
genus Masticophis
genus Mastigoproctus
genus Mastodon
genus Mastotermes
genus Matricaria
genus Matteuccia
genus Matthiola
genus Maxillaria (current term)
genus Maxostoma
genus Mayaca
genus Mayetiola
genus Mazama
genus Meconopsis
genus Medicago
genus Medinilla
genus Megachile
genus Megaderma
genus Megalobatrachus
genus Megalosaurus
genus Megaptera
genus Megatherium
genus Melampodium

Literary usage of Genus Maxillaria

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

1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1839)
"Two distinct modes of growth are observable in the plants constituting the genus Maxillaria; the one with prostrate and the other with ascending ..."

2. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"... I can see no reason why they should not divide the whole of the genus maxillaria, and arrange them according to their external habit, which, ..."

3. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1827)
"The genus Maxillaria has been lately established by Mr LINDLEY, and was intended to include the Dendrobium pal- ..."

4. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"... in the structure of the sepals, petals, and labellum, it very nearly approaches the genus Maxillaria, it has the pollinia and ..."

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