Definition of Genus Amsonia

1. Noun. Genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America.

Exact synonyms: Amsonia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Amsonia Tabernaemontana, Blue Star

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amsonia

genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes
genus Ammotragus
genus Amoeba
genus Amorpha
genus Amorphophallus
genus Amphibolips
genus Amphicarpa
genus Amphicarpaea
genus Amphioxus
genus Amphiprion
genus Amphisbaena
genus Amphisbaenia
genus Amphiuma
genus Amsinckia
genus Amsonia (current term)
genus Amygdalus
genus Anabas
genus Anabrus
genus Anacardium
genus Anacyclus
genus Anadenanthera
genus Anagallis
genus Anagasta
genus Anagyris
genus Ananas
genus Anaphalis
genus Anarhichas
genus Anas
genus Anasa

Literary usage of Genus Amsonia

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

1. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1821)
"... although, by its ^included stamens, it varies from one character of that genus. AMSONIA. WALT. ..."

2. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"The genus Amsonia, already established by Walter, was united by Linnaeus with Tabernaemontana. Both are here said to be quite distinct by the nature of the ..."

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