Definition of Genus Roccella

1. Noun. Chiefly fruticose maritime rock-inhabiting lichens.

Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Roccellaceae, Roccellaceae
Member holonyms: Roccella, Roccella Tinctoria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Roccella

genus Rhus
genus Rhyacotriton
genus Rhynchoelaps
genus Rhyncostylis
genus Rhynia
genus Ribes
genus Richea
genus Richmondena
genus Ricinus
genus Rickettsia
genus Riparia
genus Rissa
genus Rivina
genus Rivulus
genus Robinia
genus Roccella (current term)
genus Roccus
genus Rodolia
genus Romneya
genus Roridula
genus Rorippa
genus Rosa
genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex
genus Rumohra

Literary usage of Genus Roccella

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

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"Dr. OV Darbishire communicates the following revision of the genus Roccella, the features of which, as now limited, being as follows : The cortical fibres ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"Dr. OV Darbishire communicates the following revision of the genus Roccella, the features of which, as now limited, being as follows : The cortical fibres ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It is obtained from various lichens of the genus Roccella, growing on the rocky coasts cf the Azores, the Canaries and Cape de Verd Isles, also of the Cape ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It is obtained from various lichens of the genus Roccella, growing on the rocky coasts of tho Azores, the Canaries and Cape de Verd Isle«, abo of the Cape ..."

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