Definition of Genus Fouquieria

1. Noun. Resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semidesert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fouquieria

genus Fistularia
genus Fistulina
genus Flacourtia
genus Flammulina
genus Flindersia
genus Foeniculum
genus Fomes
genus Forestiera
genus Forficula
genus Formica
genus Formicarius
genus Forsythia
genus Fortunella
genus Fossa
genus Fothergilla
genus Fouquieria (current term)
genus Fragaria
genus Francisella
genus Francoa
genus Frankliniella
genus Frasera
genus Fratercula
genus Fraxinus
genus Freesia
genus Fregata
genus Fremontia
genus Fremontodendron
genus Fringilla
genus Fritillaria
genus Froelichia

Literary usage of Genus Fouquieria

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

1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1902)
"The spines of Fouquieria * WINIFRED J. ROBINSON The six species now comprised in the genus Fouquieria occupy collectively a region extending from ..."

2. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1897)
"... the genus Fouquieria distinctly perigynous. •H- Embryo (with rare exceptions) peripheral and curved about more or less copious albumen : herbs or rarely ..."

3. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... The plants are halophytic shrubs found in the desert regions of Central Asia and Mediterranean countries and one genus (Fouquieria) is found in Mexico. ..."

4. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... plants are halophytic shrubs found in the desert regions of Central Asia and Mediterranean countries and one genus (Fouquieria) is found in Mexico. ..."

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