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Definition of Genus Pedilanthus
1. Noun. Tropical American succulent shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Slipper Plant, Slipper Spurge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Pedilanthus
Literary usage of Genus Pedilanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"Of the genus Pedilanthus 15 species are noticed, of the genus Euphorbia 723
species, and 2 species ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1862)
"Of the genus Pedilanthus 15 species are noticed, of the genus Euphorbia 723
species, and 2 species of ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1825)
"This is surely a good genus ; Pedilanthus is the older name, though having the
same meaning as Mr. Haworth's ..."
4. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1892)
"Of the genus Pedilanthus, belonging to the same Order, z are found in Madagascar,
and all the rest (about a dozen) in tropical America. ..."