Definition of Genus mnium

1. Noun. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.

Exact synonyms: Mnium
Generic synonyms: Moss Genus
Group relationships: Family Mniaceae, Mniaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mnium

genus Microstomus
genus Microstrobos
genus Microtus
genus Micruroides
genus Micrurus
genus Mikania
genus Millettia
genus Miltonia
genus Mimosa
genus Mimus
genus Minuartia
genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola
genus Mollienesia
genus Molluga
genus Moloch
genus Molothrus
genus Molucella
genus Molva
genus Momordica
genus Momotus
genus Monarda
genus Monardella

Literary usage of Genus mnium

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

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"Remarks on the Generic Characters of Mosses, and particularly of the genus mnium. By James Edward Smith, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"Remarks on the generic characters of Mosses, and particularly of the genus Mnium. By James Edward Smith, MD &c.—In the course of this elaborate ..."

3. The Nature Library by Doubleday, Page & Co., Firm, Publ (1907)
"Genus MNIUM, Linn. The species of the genus mnium are handsome mosses, usually tall and robust, with large, translucent leaves. They may be looked for about ..."

4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"We choose a representative of the genus Mnium, eg, the widely distributed Mnium hornum, which in May and June "flowers" very freely, and bears female ..."

5. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"245 particularly of the genus Mnium vii. 254 . Remarks on the generic characters of mosses, and . Biographical memoirs of several Norwich botanists. vii. ..."

6. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"The latter committed a very great error in reducing it to the genus Mnium, and deserves the more censure on account of his contemptuous mention of Micheli ..."

7. Island Life, Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace (1880)
"... in Central Norway, of a little group of four or five peculiar species of mosses of the genus Mnium, ..."

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