Definition of Genus tragopogon

1. Noun. Genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tragopogon

genus Toona
genus Torreya
genus Tortrix
genus Townsendia
genus Toxicodendron
genus Toxostoma
genus Toxotes
genus Trachinotus
genus Trachipterus
genus Trachodon
genus Trachurus
genus Tradescantia
genus Tragelaphus
genus Tragopan
genus Tragopogon
genus Tragulus
genus Trapa
genus Trautvetteria
genus Trema
genus Tremella
genus Treponema
genus Triaenodon
genus Trialeurodes
genus Triatoma
genus Tribolium
genus Tribonema
genus Tribulus
genus Triceratops
genus Trichecus

Literary usage of Genus tragopogon

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"... Tournefort, Pontedera, and Boerhaave as agreeing that " the whole genus Tragopogon is one and the same species, but of variations infinite. ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"This species, occurring on members of the genus Tragopogon, and especially on the cultivated form, Tragopogon porrifolius, is not uncommon in gardens where ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"Two species of the genus Tragopogon are familiar to American botanists, one the well- known oyster plant or salsify (Tragopogon ..."

4. The Botany of the Eastern Borders: With the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"... in 1834, we find Mr. Babington remarking that in the genus Tragopogon, " the proportional lengths of the involucrum and corolla appear to be useless as ..."

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