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Definition of Genus Benzoin
1. Noun. Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, Laurel Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Benzoin
Literary usage of Genus Benzoin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora Medica; a Botanical Account of All the More Important Plants Used in by John Lindley (1838)
"I do not see upon what ground the genus Benzoin is distinguished from Styrax.
Lithocarpus Benzoin, a name ascribed to Blume, has been abandoned by that ..."
2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"No mention of this early publication of the genus Benzoin occurs in Bentham ...
From this description it will be seen that the genus Benzoin was briefly but ..."
3. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"In constituting the genus Benzoin Hayne describes the anthers as 1-celled ; this
is an error ; they are 2-celled, as in other species of Styrax. ..."
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