Definition of Genus Chaenactis

1. Noun. Genus of flowering herbs of western United States.

Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Chaenactis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chaenactis

genus Cercis
genus Cercocebus
genus Cercopithecus
genus Cercospora
genus Cercosporella
genus Cereus
genus Certhia
genus Cervus
genus Ceryle
genus Cestrum
genus Cestum
genus Ceterach
genus Cetonia
genus Cetorhinus
genus Cetraria
genus Chaenactis (current term)
genus Chaenomeles
genus Chaenopsis
genus Chaetodipterus
genus Chaetodon
genus Chalcis
genus Chalcostigma
genus Chamaea
genus Chamaecrista
genus Chamaecyparis
genus Chamaecytisus
genus Chamaedaphne
genus Chamaeleo
genus Chamaeleon
genus Chamaemelum

Literary usage of Genus Chaenactis

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

1. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"... three-cleft Nearly all the Compositae we have been considering have both ray and disc flowers; but the genus Chaenactis belonging to the same tribe as ..."

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