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Definition of Genus Dombeya
1. Noun. Genus of African shrubs or small trees.
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Dombeya
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dombeya
Literary usage of Genus Dombeya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... Unger named from its supposed affinity with the modern genus Dombeya Cav.
which has 40 African, mostly Madagascar, species. About 30 species have been ..."
2. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1899)
"The genus Dombeya includes 24 or more species, all natives of Africa and the
Mascarene Islands. In addition to D. natalensis we have 3 other species in ..."
3. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"... named from its supposed affinity with the modern genus Dombeya Cavanilles,
which embraces 40 African species, mostly from Madagascar. ..."
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