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Definition of Genus Campanula
1. Noun. Large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers.
Group relationships: Bellflower Family, Campanulaceae, Family Campanulaceae
Member holonyms: Bellflower, Campanula
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Campanula
Literary usage of Genus Campanula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"THE genus Campanula FKOM A GARDENER'S POINT OF VIEW. By Mr. J. WOOD, ... The genus
Campanula has a world-wide representation, wild species being found in ..."
2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"There are several others, the differences between which arc not so easily
perceptible, making in all thirteen new genera, besides the old genus Campanula. ..."
3. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"The genus campanula is extensive, containing above one hundred and twenty-eight
species, with numerous varieties; but it was formerly much more numerous ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1804)
"... it from the genus CAMPANULA ; but as there can be no doubt of its being the
fame as that figured by COMMELIN, and referred to by LINN ж us, ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The genus Campanula is extraordinarily rich in flowering garden plants of merit.
The alpine section is distinguished by a charming grace both in character ..."
6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"This diversity is exhibited particularly by the various genera of Solanaceae,
and by the multifarious species of the genus Campanula. ..."
7. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"561 (1810) of the genus Campanula, was first raised to generic rank by Schrader,
and must be called Wahlenbergia ..."
8. An Elementary Course of Botany: Structural, Physiological and Systematic by Arthur Henfrey (1870)
"Thus, in Babington's ' Manual of British Botany,' the genus Campanula occurs
under the head of the Order ..."
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