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Definition of Genus Stachys
1. Noun. Large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Dead Nettle, Hedge Nettle, Stachys Sylvatica, Hedge Nettle, Stachys Palustris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Stachys
Literary usage of Genus Stachys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"The genus Stachys is also strictly herbaceous. One species group particularly
deserves our attention. The greater part of this section is cordilleran, ..."
2. Edwards's Botanical Register, Or, Ornamental Flower-garden and Shrubbery by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley (1829)
"... characters appears to me sufficiently important for the generic separation of
plants otherwise resembling each other. The genus Stachys belongs to the ..."
3. Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with ...by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans by John Medley Wood, Maurice Smethurst Evans (1902)
"The genus Stachys includes some 200 species which are widely dispersed, about 30
or more are found in South Africa, and of these 10 have been identified as ..."
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