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Definition of Genus pontederia

1. Noun. Pickerelweed.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pontederia

Literary usage of Genus pontederia

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 (1914)
"... the pickerel weed, in the allied genus Pontederia, the ovary of which by abortion is pne^celled, and each cell one-ovuled, while Eichhornia is ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The true Hyacinths belong in an allied order ; the Pickerel-weed, in the allied genus Pontederia, the ovary of which by abortion is 1-celled, and each cell ..."

3. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1897)
"... for its fertilisation, and not on the wind ; so that it is a rather surprising fact that only one genus, Pontederia, has a plainly irregular corolla. ..."

4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... several species in North America); the pickerel-weed family (Pontederiaceae), including the genus Pontederia in borders of ponds and streams. 1196. ..."

5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... several species in North America); the pickerel-weed family (Pontederiaceae), including the genus Pontederia in borders of ponds and streams. 1196. ..."

6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"The genus Pontederia is represented in all its forms from the very young stage to late fruiting. Dewey, Chester. ..."

7. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"... the whole genus Pontederia ; but, generally speaking, this colour, as well as the red, is, but rarely met with in aquatic plants. ..."

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