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Definition of Genus Ligularia
1. Noun. Genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Leopard Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ligularia
Literary usage of Genus Ligularia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... described under the genus Senecio, »orne being of rather recent intro., seem
to the writer to be jrc satisfactorily treated under the genus Ligularia. ..."
2. Saxifragearum enumeratio: Accedunt Revisiones plantarum succulentarum by Adrian Hardy Haworth (1821)
"The genus Ligularia, being more tender than the others, is hardly secure, even
in mild winters, without the protection of the greenhouse, although near ..."
3. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1862)
"So sehr das genus Ligularia sich von den übrigen Senecio-Arten in seinen Hauptformen
unterscheidet, so gibt es doch auch Arten, von denen man nicht mit ..."