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Definition of Genus Mnium
1. Noun. Mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Mnium
Literary usage of Genus Mnium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1804)
"Remarks on the Generic Characters of Mosses, and particularly of the genus Mnium.
By James Edward Smith, ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"Remarks on the generic characters of Mosses, and particularly of the genus Mnium.
By James Edward Smith, MD &c.—In the course of this elaborate ..."
3. The Nature Library by Doubleday, Page & Co., Firm, Publ (1907)
"Genus MNIUM, Linn. The species of the genus Mnium are handsome mosses, usually
tall and robust, with large, translucent leaves. They may be looked for about ..."
4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"We choose a representative of the genus Mnium, eg, the widely distributed Mnium
hornum, which in May and June "flowers" very freely, and bears female ..."
5. Transactions of the Linnean Societyby Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1867)
"245 particularly of the genus Mnium vii. 254 . Remarks on the generic characters
of mosses, and . Biographical memoirs of several Norwich botanists. vii. ..."
6. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1803)
"The latter committed a very great error in reducing it to the genus Mnium, and
deserves the more censure on account of his contemptuous mention of Micheli ..."
7. Island Life, Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Alfred Russel Wallace (1880)
"... in Central Norway, of a little group of four or five peculiar species of mosses
of the genus Mnium, ..."
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