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Definition of Allionia
1. Noun. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Allioniaceae, Family Allioniaceae, Family Nyctaginaceae, Four-o'clock Family, Nyctaginaceae
Member holonyms: Allionia Incarnata, Trailing Four O'clock, Trailing Windmills
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allionia
Literary usage of Allionia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Allionia ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 97. 1814. glabrous or but slightly pubescent,
i°-3° tall. ... Allionia comata Small, of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, ..."
2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"Allionia diffusa Heller, Minn. Bot. Stud. 2: 33. 1898. ... Allionia incarnata.—Southern
Colorado to Texas and California. 4. ABRONIA Juss. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Allionia linearis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 728 (1814). ... Allionia nyctaginea
ovata (Pursh) Morong. Allionia ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 97 (1814). ..."
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