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Definition of Argyroxiphium
1. Noun. Small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Argyroxiphium Sandwicense, Silversword
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argyroxiphium
Literary usage of Argyroxiphium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"... that the silversword, argyroxiphium sandwicense, is found as low down as 7000
feet elevation on Mauna Loa. The vegetation from the volcano until one ..."
2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... (argyroxiphium). It is possible that in some genera the achenes have, or had,
a means of adhering to plumage through a " sticky " secretion, ..."
3. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... nineteen square miles in area, with many cinder cones within. One of the most
interesting plants found here is the silver-sword (argyroxiphium ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1884)
"Meehan and John H. Redfield. 148 species plants collected in Arizona by HH Rusby,
in 1883. Prof. H. Carvill Lewis. Radical leaves of argyroxiphium ..."
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