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Definition of Genus Tragopogon
1. Noun. Genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Oyster Plant, Salsify, Tragopogon Porrifolius, Vegetable Oyster, Goatsbeard, Meadow Salsify, Shepherd's Clock, Tragopogon Pratensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Tragopogon
Literary usage of Genus Tragopogon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"... Tournefort, Pontedera, and Boerhaave as agreeing that " the whole genus
Tragopogon is one and the same species, but of variations infinite. ..."
2. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"This species, occurring on members of the genus Tragopogon, and especially on
the cultivated form, Tragopogon porrifolius, is not uncommon in gardens where ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1911)
"Two species of the genus Tragopogon are familiar to American botanists, one the
well- known oyster plant or salsify (Tragopogon ..."
4. The Botany of the Eastern Borders: With the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"... in 1834, we find Mr. Babington remarking that in the genus Tragopogon, " the
proportional lengths of the involucrum and corolla appear to be useless as ..."
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