Lexic.us

Definition of Leitneria floridana

1. Noun. Very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leitneria Floridana

Literary usage of Leitneria floridana

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, Addison Brown (1913)
"1860. Characters of the family. [In honor of Dr. EF Leitner, a German naturalist, killed in Florida during the Seminole war.] i. Leitneria floridana Chapm. ..."

2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"The details of the anatomical features of Leitneria floridana, Chapm. are as follows: In the ... The leaf of Leitneria floridana has bifacial structure. ..."

3. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"The lightest wood in the United States is that of Leitneria floridana, the specific gravity of which is 0.21 ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1902)
"... '02, our corkwood must yield the honor of being the world's lightest wood to Leitneria floridana. However, in the Bulletin of the Bot. ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"... from American Gardening in THE PLANT WORLD for June, '02, our corkwood must yield the honor of being the world's lightest wood to Leitneria floridana. ..."

6. Manual of the Trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) by Charles Sprague Sargent (1905)
"Leitneria floridana, Chapm. Cork Wood. Leaves 4'-6' long, l^'-2^' wide, with petioles l'-2' in length. Flowers opening at the eud of February or early in ..."

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