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Definition of Genus Romneya
1. Noun. One species: matilija poppy.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Papaveraceae, Papaveraceae, Poppy Family
Member holonyms: California Tree Poppy, Matilija Poppy, Romneya Coulteri
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Romneya
Literary usage of Genus Romneya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1895)
"Taken as a whole, however, its generic characters ally Argemone most closely with
the genus Romneya. This genus, supposed, when its name was employed by Mr. ..."
2. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1845)
"... but in calling the present genus ROMNEYA, I follow a sufficiently established
precedent. The following are its characters : ROMNEYA. Harv. ..."
3. The Vegetable World: Being a History of Plants, with Their Botanical by Louis Figuier (1869)
"Two-thirds of the order | find their habitat in Europe; they range from Siberia
to Japan, and a ^ few are American ; one genus, Romneya, approaches the ..."
4. An Elementary Course of Botany: Structural, Physiological and Systematic by Arthur Henfrey (1870)
"... Californian genus Romneya. Another genus from the same region, Dendromecon,
has peculiar double- lined parietal placentas, and the capsule bursts into 2 ..."
5. Flora Indica: Being a Systematic Account of the Plants of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker, Thomas Thomson (1855)
"... and especially through the Mexican genus Romneya, the ovules of which are
distributed over the whole cavity of the ovary. ..."
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