Definition of Genus callitriche

1. Noun. Water starworts.

Exact synonyms: Callitriche
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Callitrichaceae, Family Callitrichaceae
Member holonyms: Water Starwort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Callitriche

genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon
genus Calosoma
genus Caltha
genus Calvatia
genus Calycanthus
genus Calycophyllum

Literary usage of Genus callitriche

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1866)
"In the genus Callitriche the flowers are without calyx or corolla, with 2 bracts at their base ; 1 stamen ; 2 ovaries, each 2-lobed and imperfectly 2-celled ..."

2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"... genus callitriche (Water Starwort). C. verna; C. hetero- .phylla; C. autumnalis. Medical properties: Diuretic, in dropsy. ..."

3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"occupying the axis of a fleshy albumen, and nearly equalling it in length; cotyledons very short; radicle superior. ONLY GENUS. Callitriche. ..."

4. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1813)
"... of the genus callitriche, by Mr. Schmaltz. The paper was in English, of considerable length, and gave a very minute account of this genus, together with ..."

5. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"A natural order of aquatic plants, consisting only of the genus Callitriche, several species of which are natives of the United Slates. Cal-losl-ty. [Lat. ..."

6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... Hydrocharis, Polygonum amphibium, many species of the genus Callitriche, and many water-inhabiting ..."

7. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"... formed of the genus Callitriche ; aquatic annuals, with opposite entire leave.« ; the axillary flowery (either perfect or ..."

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