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Definition of Hymenanthera
1. Noun. A genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Violaceae, Violaceae, Violet Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenanthera
Literary usage of Hymenanthera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The ovary is free and one-celled with typically three parietal placentas as in
Viola. The ovules are generally numerous, one to two as in Hymenanthera, ..."
2. Introductory Essay to The Flora of New Zealand by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1853)
"Many of the above vary so remarkably that botanists have been greatly puzzled by
the abnormal forms they present : thus a state of Hymenanthera crassifolia ..."
3. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1844)
"Hymenanthera angustifolia, or a plant very similar to it, covered some rocks ...
If it is the Hymenanthera, it certainly assumed a habit very different to ..."
4. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster (1908)
"Hymenanthera CRASSIFOLIA.—A curious New Zealand (1875) shrub with rigid ashy-coloured
branches, and small leathery entire leaves. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"... regarding them as a section of Violece ; and he thinks that Hymenanthera, a
genus from New Holland, which is still unpublished, ..."