Definition of Genus gesneria

1. Noun. Large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers.

Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Gesneriaceae, Gesneria Family, Gesneriaceae
Member holonyms: Gesneria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gesneria

genus Geochelone
genus Geococcyx
genus Geoffroea
genus Geoglossum
genus Geomys
genus Geophilus
genus Geothlypis
genus Geranium
genus Gerardia
genus Gerbera
genus Gerbillus
genus Gerea
genus Gerres
genus Gerrhonotus
genus Gerris
genus Gesneria
genus Geum
genus Giardia
genus Ginglymostoma
genus Ginkgo
genus Giraffa
genus Gladiolus
genus Glareola
genus Glaucium
genus Glaucomys
genus Glaux
genus Glechoma
genus Gleditsia
genus Gleichenia
genus Gliricidia

Literary usage of Genus gesneria

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"This genus is most commonly treated as a section of the genus Gesneria, but is considered distinct by some. The principal characters of the section are the ..."

2. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1857)
"... has the old genus Gesneria been subdivided by the continental botanists; such members of it as are distinguished by a remarkable elongation of the upper ..."

3. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"The Tulipa gesneriana, and genus Gesneria, have been dedicated to this botanist. Gesner, called the Pliny of Germany, born in 1516, was of an OD- scure and ..."

4. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"This is another beautiful addition to the already splendid genus Gesneria, for which we are indebted to Mr. Lobb, Messrs. Veitch's indefatigable collector ..."

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