Definition of Pteropogon

1. Noun. Southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit.

Exact synonyms: Pteropogon Humboltianum
Group relationships: Genus Pteropogon
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropogon

pterodactyl
pterodactylane
pterodactyls
pterophore
pterophores
pterophyte
pterophytes
pteropid
pteropids
pteropine
pteropod
pteropodine
pteropodines
pteropodous
pteropods
pteropogon (current term)
pterosaur
pterosaurian
pterosaurians
pterosaurs
pterostigma
pterostigmata
pterostilbene
pterostilbenes
pteroyl
pteroyl glutamic acid
pteroylglutamic
pteroylglutamic acid
pteroylmonoglutamic acid
pteroyls

Literary usage of Pteropogon

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

1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1852)
"The fifth section tends to connect pteropogon with ... Lindl., which has larger heads * pteropogon Chilensis, Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. vol. vi. ..."

2. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"pteropogon leni», A. Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 269. W. Australia, Drummond, 5lh Coll. n. 366. ... Pappus of about 10 plumose bristles.— pteropogon ..."

3. Annales botanices systematicae by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1858)
"Bathurst Plains. t pteropogon li!UM МО-Mill A. Graj I. c. ... pteropogon CORYMB usii s A. Gra; 1. c. ..."

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