Definition of Genus Photinia

1. Noun. Genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles.

Exact synonyms: Photinia
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, Rose Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Photinia

genus Phleum
genus Phlomis
genus Phlox
genus Phoca
genus Phocaena
genus Phoenicophorium
genus Phoeniculus
genus Phoenicurus
genus Phoenix
genus Pholas
genus Pholidota
genus Pholiota
genus Pholis
genus Pholistoma
genus Phoradendron
genus Photinia (current term)
genus Photoblepharon
genus Phoxinus
genus Phragmipedium
genus Phragmites
genus Phrynosoma
genus Phthirius
genus Phthirus
genus Phthorimaea
genus Phyllitis
genus Phyllium
genus Phyllocladus
genus Phyllodoce
genus Phylloporus
genus Phyllorhynchus

Literary usage of Genus Photinia

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

1. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"So we think it evident that the aestivation of the corolla furnishes no characters for the division of the genus Photinia. Finally, as to the proper ..."

2. The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of by George Long, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1846)
"Tin-re i~< five other species described, natives of Л«*. •*" " probably be cultivated with success. The species of the genus Photinia are ..."

3. Mikrographie des Holzes der auf Java vorkommenden Baumarten: Im Auftrage des by Hindrik Haijo Janssonius, Jan Willem Moll, Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1914)
"... 25: von DURAND wird das Genus Eriobotrya zu dem genus Photinia gebracht; ENGLER und PRANTL teilen mit daß Photinia und Eriobotrya mehr durch die Tracht ..."

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