Definition of Pyxidanthera barbulata

1. Noun. Creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas.

Exact synonyms: Pixie, Pixy, Pyxie
Group relationships: Genus Pyxidanthera, Pyxidanthera
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyxidanthera Barbulata

Pythias
Pythium debaryanum
Pythius
Python
Python molurus
Python reticulatus
Python sebae
Python variegatus
Pythonesque
Pythoness
Pythonesses
Pythonidae
Pythoninae
Pyu
Pyxidanthera
Pyxidanthera barbulata
Pyxis
Pœuilly
Pärnu
Pædion
Pæonia
Père David's deer
Père David's deers
Pécs
Périgord pie
Périgord pies
Pétainism
Q
Q&A
Q'anjob'al

Literary usage of Pyxidanthera barbulata

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

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"[Greek, box-anther.] A monotypic genus of eastern North America. i. Pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. Pyxie. Flowering Moss. Fig. 3279. ..."

2. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1873)
"May, Jn.—Tho beak of the anther is variable, sometimes reduced to an acute point (pyxidanthera barbulata MX. D. cuneifolia Ph.) ORDER XCIII. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"pyxidanthera barbulata Michx. FI. Bor. Am. i : 152, /. ij (1803). 3. GALAX L. Sp. PI. 200 (1753). 2989. Galax aphylla L: Sp. PI. 200 (1753). ..."

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