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Definition of Genus amsonia
1. Noun. Genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America.
Exact synonyms: Amsonia
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Amsonia Tabernaemontana, Blue Star
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Amsonia Tabernaemontana, Blue Star
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amsonia
Literary usage of Genus amsonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia by Stephen Elliott (1821)
"... although, by its ^included stamens, it varies from one character of that genus.
AMSONIA. WALT. ..."
2. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"The genus Amsonia, already established by Walter, was united by Linnaeus with
Tabernaemontana. Both are here said to be quite distinct by the nature of the ..."
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