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Definition of Genus Phlox
1. Noun. Herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico.
Group relationships: Family Polemoniaceae, Phlox Family, Polemoniaceae
Member holonyms: Phlox, Chickweed Phlox, Phlox Bifida, Phlox Stellaria, Sand Phlox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Phlox
Literary usage of Genus Phlox
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1836)
"I. Some Remarks on the genus Phlox. By JOHN LEWIS RUSSELL, AM, Prof. Bot. and Veg.
Phys. to the Mass. Hort. Soc. THE almost exclusive American genus of ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"The species belonging to the genus Phlox are found chiefly in North America,
where they number about thirty. The plants are mostly herbaceous perennials, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Antennaria dioica is very conspicuous with its red flowers. Many species of the
genus Phlox are abundant and conspicuous. ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... genus Phlox PHLOX (Greek, flame or blaze, from the brilliance of the flowers).
A genus of about twenty-seven hardy perennial or half-hardy annual herbs, ..."
5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1843)
"The appearance of the plant is beautiful, far beyond anything yet seen in the
genus Phlox ; and we were almost going to say, beyond anything among the hardy ..."
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