Definition of Stanleya

1. Noun. Prince's plume.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Stanleya

Stanislaus
Stanislav
Stanislavsky
Stanley
Stanley's cervical ligaments
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Cohen
Stanley Frank Musial
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Smith Stevens
Stanley Steamer
Stanley Way
Stanley Way procedure
Stanley knife
Stanley knives
Stanleya
Stanleya pinnata
Stannius
Stannius ligature
Stansfield
Stansted
Stanton
Stapelias asterias
Staphylaceae
Staphylea
Staphylinidae
Star-Spangled Banner
Star Chamber
Star Scout
Star Trek

Literary usage of Stanleya

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1920)
"EDWARD W. BERRY A NEW FORM OF stanleya.—In the extreme western part of Kansas there is a stanleya which agrees with none of those described. ..."

2. Muhlenbergia: A Journal of Botany edited by Amos Arthur Heller, Patrick Beveridge Kennedy (1909)
"In the Synoptical Flora I : Part 1, 105, under the generic key, the petals of stanleya are said to be "long and narrow, spatulate, slender-clawed. ..."

3. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"stanleya Nutt. Stout herbaceous perennials with entire or pinnatifid leaves, ... stanleya albescens Jones, Zoe 2: 17. 1891. Erect and branching, 3-10 dm. ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"stanleya Nutt. Gen. 2: 71. 1818. toothed lobed or pinnately divided leaves, and large yellow ... stanleya pinnata Britton, Trans. NY Acad. Sci. 8:62. 1888. ..."

5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"stanleya Nutt. Gen. 2: 71. 1818. Glabrous and glaucous, perennial tall mostly erect and ... stanleya pinnata Britton, Trans. NY Acad. Sci. 8: 62. 1888. ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"About 3 species, of western North America. 1 - stanleya ... stanleya pinnata Britton, Trans. NY Acad. Sci. 8: 62. 1888. Stems stout, 2°-5° tall, ..."

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