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Definition of Genus Platystemon
1. Noun. One species: creamcups.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, Poppy Family
Member holonyms: Creamcups, Platystemon Californicus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Platystemon
Literary usage of Genus Platystemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"The genus Platystemon is exceedingly interesting, and singular in bearing strong
affinity to two distinct natural orders, ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1847)
"My genus Platystemon has the same kind of sterno-costal plates, but quite a
differently formed shell. The head is very large and the tail elongate. ..."
3. Genera Florae Americae Boreali-orientalis Illustrata: The Genera of the by Asa Gray (1848)
"... genus (Platystemon, Benth.), which has a cluster or whorl of apocarpous pistils !
The family consists of about 19 genera, none of which is numerous in ..."
4. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1847)
"My genus Platystemon has the same kind of sterno-costal plates, but quite a
differently formed shell. The head is very large and the tail elongate. ..."
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