Definition of Telanthera

1. Noun. Used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Telanthera

Tehani
Teheran
Tehran
Tehrani
Tehranian
Tehuelche
Teichmann
Teichmann's crystals
Teiidae
Teilhard de Chardin
Tejano
Tejanos
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Teladorsagia davtiani
Telanthera
Telemachus
Telemann
Teleprompter
Telescopium
Teletext
Teletubbies
Teletubby
Telford
Tell el-Amarna
Tellima
Tellima affinis
Tellima grandiflora
Tellus
Teloogoo

Literary usage of Telanthera

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

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Principal Species. . . ч * ' telanthera AMABILIS (lovely). Stems branched. Leaves elliptic, greenish, stained with red and yellow ; under good treatment ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"telanthera (name refers to the fact that all ten parts of the stamina! cup are equally developed). ..."

3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"telanthera pungent Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:371. 1849. ... telanthera R. Br. in Tuckey, Congo Exp. 477. 1818. About 56 species, littoral plants; ..."

4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"156, D) and telanthera. The following points of difference are shown by these hairs. In T. frutescens, Moq., the upper cells of the candelabra-hairs bear ..."

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