Definition of Genus scutellaria

1. Noun. An asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps.

Exact synonyms: Scutellaria
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Scutellaria

genus Sclerotinia
genus Sclerotium
genus Scolopax
genus Scolopendrium
genus Scolymus
genus Scolytus
genus Scomber
genus Scomberesox
genus Scomberomorus
genus Scombresox
genus Scophthalmus
genus Scopolia
genus Scorpaena
genus Scorzonera
genus Scrophularia
genus Scutellaria
genus Scutigera
genus Scutigerella
genus Sebastiana
genus Sebastodes
genus Secale
genus Sedum
genus Seismosaurus
genus Seiurus
genus Selaginella
genus Selar
genus Selenarctos
genus Selene
genus Selenicereus
genus Selenipedium

Literary usage of Genus scutellaria

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

1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1834)
"CULTURE OF THE genus scutellaria. ALL the species of this genus are herbaceous plants, and the greater part of them are hardy ; only the ..."

2. Lessons in Elementary Botany for Secondary Schools by Thomas Huston Macbride (1895)
"Of the remaining species listed, the Skullcaps belong to the genus Scutellaria; the American Pennyroyal to the genus Hedeoma ; and the Mother- wort to the ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"It 'beareth very faire and goodly blew flowers, in shape like an helmet.' Ger. 823. (2) A book-name for the genus Scutellaria.—Prior, p. 108. ..."

4. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"'In the genus Scutellaria, the anthers of the anterior pair of stamens have but one theca; S. galericulata, the common Skullcap, and S. minor, ..."

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