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Definition of Genus Helichrysum
1. Noun. Large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Helichrysum
Literary usage of Genus Helichrysum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society by Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1826)
"The genus Helichrysum, as here limited, is distinguished by a naked receptacle,
and a capillary seed-crown. It will thus include a large proportion of the ..."
2. Climbs in the New Zealand Alps: Being an Account of Travel and Discovery by Edward Arthur FitzGerald (1896)
"... except for its procumbent habit, while the second forms dense tufts, and, like
the U. Youngii, has been classified under the sub-genus Helichrysum. ..."
3. Spicilegium Neilgherrense, Or, a Selection of Neilgherry Plants: Drawn and by Robert Wight (1851)
"The plant here figured is referred to the genus Helichrysum but I cannot discover
in what respect; it differs generally from gome others named, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... the name belong to nearly allied genera, but particularly to the genus
Helichrysum, which contains a great number of species, mostly natives of Africa. ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"... nearly allied genera, but particularly to the genus Helichrysum, which contains
a great number of species, mostly natives of Africa. ..."
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