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Definition of Genus Nepenthes
1. Noun. Pitcher plants.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Nepenthaceae, Nepenthaceae
Member holonyms: Tropical Pitcher Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nepenthes
Literary usage of Genus Nepenthes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"This fact is the more noteworthy, because the genus Nepenthes is closely allied
to the genus Aristolochia in respect of ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The genus Nepenthes might possibly be derived from the Aristolochia family, being
a derivative along one line, while the parasitic ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... consist of the single large genus Nepenthes. These three orders are closely
allied and form the series ..."
4. The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise by Alfred Russel Wallace (1886)
"The wonderful Pitcher-plants, forming the genus Nepenthes of botanists, here
reach their greatest development. Every mountain-top abounds with them, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... and seeds are so apparently unlike that they suggest derivation from widely
different parts of the vegetable kingdom. The genus Nepenthes might possibly ..."
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