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Definition of Genus Tarrietia
1. Noun. Small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Silver Tree, Tarrietia Argyrodendron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tarrietia
Literary usage of Genus Tarrietia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1893)
"A few years later, in the "Flora Australiensis" (Vol. i., 230), Mr. Bentham referred
it to the genus Tarrietia, with the specific name which it still bears. ..."
2. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1916)
"Genus TARRIETIA. A genus represented in the Philippines by three species, of
which two are well known. ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"The genus Tarrietia agrees with Sterculia in having the endosperm divided by the
cotyledons. The fruit of Heritiera littoralis consists of one to five ..."
4. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1906)
"From fruiting specimens collected in 1902 by Mr. Man son the plant was provisionally
referred to Sterculiaceae and possibly to the genus Tarrietia. ..."
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