Definition of Genus genlisea

1. Noun. Small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps.

Generic synonyms: Plant Genus
Group relationships: Bladderwort Family, Family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae
Member holonyms: Genlisea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Genlisea

genus Gastrolobium
genus Gastrophryne
genus Gaultheria
genus Gavia
genus Gavialis
genus Gaylussacia
genus Gazania
genus Gazella
genus Geastrum
genus Gelechia
genus Gelsemium
genus Gempylus
genus Genetta
genus Genipa
genus Genista
genus Genlisea
genus Gentiana
genus Gentianella
genus Gentianopsis
genus Genyonemus
genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera

Literary usage of Genus genlisea

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

1. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"... it is only after it has become dissolved during the process of decay. 911. Genlisea. The plants belonging to the genus Genlisea — a genus allied to ..."

2. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1889)
"... making it worthwhile to investigate them- a little more in detail. We first mention the genus Genlisea, closely allied to the Utri- ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"We can only mention an allied genus, Genlisea, which has traps of a different pattern, approaching those of the pitcher- plants. Among the pitcher-plants, ..."

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