Definition of Genus Mertensia

1. Noun. A genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels.

Exact synonyms: Mertensia
Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: Mertensia Virginica, Virginia Bluebell, Virginia Cowslip

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mertensia

genus Menopon
genus Mentha
genus Menticirrhus
genus Mentzelia
genus Menura
genus Menyanthes
genus Menziesia
genus Mephitis
genus Mercenaria
genus Mercurialis
genus Mergus
genus Meriones
genus Merlangus
genus Merluccius
genus Merops
genus Mertensia (current term)
genus Meryta
genus Mesembryanthemum
genus Mesocricetus
genus Mesohippus
genus Mespilus
genus Mesua
genus Metasequoia
genus Metroxylon
genus Microcentrum
genus Micrococcus
genus Microdipodops
genus Microgramma
genus Micromeria
genus Micromyx

Literary usage of Genus Mertensia

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

1. Ctenophores of the Atlantic Coast of North America by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (1912)
"The axis of the tentacle is mesodermal as in other ctenophores. Genus MERTENSIA Lesson, 1836. Mertensia, LESSON, 1836, Annals des Sci. Nat., ser. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"165) established the genus Mertensia based on five species of which M. furcata from Jamaica is first named. Since this group is distinct from ..."

3. Historia filicum: An Exposition of the Nature, Number and Organography of by John Smith (1875)
"... and often 1 inch or more in length, constituting the genus Mertensia of Willdenow ; in the second the ..."

4. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1885)
"The genus Mertensia or Lungwort is represented by seven species, all very beautiful plants, with clusters of purple or blue flowers. ..."

5. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"These are not true bluebells, or campanulas, but belong to the genus Mertensia of the Borage family. Plants of this genus are commonly called "smooth ..."

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