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Definition of Genus Mayaca
1. Noun. Small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Mayacaceae, Mayacaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mayaca
Literary usage of Genus Mayaca
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1875)
"But the anomalous genus Mayaca, consisting of a few moss-like aquatic plants,
intermediate in character between this family and the last, may be introduced ..."
2. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1880)
"But the anomalous genus Mayaca, consisting of a few moss-like aquatic plants,
intermediate in character between this family and the last, may be introduced ..."
3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"EMBRYO minute, half immersed in the albumen at the end opposite the hilum. GENUS.
Mayaca. A small order allied either to ..."
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