Definition of Genus heliamphora

1. Noun. Genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America.

Exact synonyms: Heliamphora
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher-plant Family, Sarraceniaceae
Member holonyms: Sun Pitcher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Heliamphora

genus Hamamelites
genus Hamelia
genus Haminoea
genus Haplopappus
genus Hardenbergia
genus Harpia
genus Harpullia
genus Harrisia
genus Hatiora
genus Hazardia
genus Hedeoma
genus Hedera
genus Hedysarum
genus Helenium
genus Heleodytes
genus Heliamphora
genus Helianthemum
genus Helianthus
genus Helichrysum
genus Helicteres
genus Heliobacter
genus Heliophila
genus Heliopsis
genus Heliothis
genus Helipterum
genus Helix
genus Helleborus
genus Helminthostachys
genus Heloderma
genus Helotium

Literary usage of Genus heliamphora

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and the Venezuelan genus Heliamphora seem to be more closely allied to one another than to the others, and they make up the Sar- ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1876)
"The plant proves to be generically distinct from Sarracenia, as well as from the genus Heliamphora of ..."

3. Some American Medical Botanists Commemorated in Our Botanical Nomenclature by Howard Atwood Kelly (1914)
"from the genus Heliamphora of Bentham, and I take pleasure in dedicating it to my highly esteemed friend, Dr. William Darlington . . . . , whose valuable ..."

4. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"Petals usually 5, free, hypogynous, but absent in the genus Heliamphora. Stamens numerous, hypogynous. ..."

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