Definition of Genus phlox

1. Noun. Herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phlox

genus Phasianus
genus Phegopteris
genus Phellodendron
genus Phenacomys
genus Philadelphus
genus Philaenus
genus Phillyrea
genus Philodendron
genus Philohela
genus Philomachus
genus Philophylla
genus Phlebodium
genus Phlebotomus
genus Phleum
genus Phlomis
genus Phlox
genus Phoca
genus Phocaena
genus Phoenicophorium
genus Phoeniculus
genus Phoenicurus
genus Phoenix
genus Pholas
genus Pholidota
genus Pholiota
genus Pholis
genus Pholistoma
genus Phoradendron
genus Photinia
genus Photoblepharon

Literary usage of Genus phlox

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

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"I. Some Remarks on the genus phlox. By JOHN LEWIS RUSSELL, AM, Prof. Bot. and Veg. Phys. to the Mass. Hort. Soc. THE almost exclusive American genus of ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"The species belonging to the genus Phlox are found chiefly in North America, where they number about thirty. The plants are mostly herbaceous perennials, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Antennaria dioica is very conspicuous with its red flowers. Many species of the genus Phlox are abundant and conspicuous. ..."

4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... genus phlox PHLOX (Greek, flame or blaze, from the brilliance of the flowers). A genus of about twenty-seven hardy perennial or half-hardy annual herbs, ..."

5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1843)
"The appearance of the plant is beautiful, far beyond anything yet seen in the genus Phlox ; and we were almost going to say, beyond anything among the hardy ..."

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