Definition of Bruckenthalia

1. Noun. A genus containing only one species: spike heath.

Exact synonyms: Genus Bruckenthalia
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Bruckenthalia Spiculifolia, Spike Heath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruckenthalia

Brucella canis
Brucella suis
Brucellaceae
Bruceploitation
Bruces
Bruch
Bruch's glands
Bruch's membrane
Bruchidae
Bruchus
Bruchus pisorum
Bruck's disease
Brucke's muscle
Brucke's tunic
Brucke-Bartley phenomenon
Bruckenthalia (current term)
Bruckenthalia spiculifolia
Bruckner
Brudzinski's sign
Bruegel
Bruegelian
Brueghel
Brueghelian
Brug's filariasis
Bruges
Brugmansia
Brugmansia arborea
Brugmansia sanguinea
Brugmansia suaveolens
Brugsch's syndrome

Literary usage of Bruckenthalia

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

1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"Bruckenthalia ... and most generally useful species will be found in any good and adequate catalogue of bulbs, such as that of Van Tubergen. Bruckenthalia ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"B. Rosa-de-Monte, Berg., fls. scarlet, in dense heads: Ifts. 2-3 pairs, oval, acuminate. Bruckenthalia (after S. von Bruckenthal, an Austrian nobleman). ..."

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