Definition of Genus cetraria

1. Noun. Foliose lichens chiefly of northern latitudes.

Exact synonyms: Cetraria
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Parmeliaceae, Parmeliaceae
Member holonyms: Cetraria Islandica, Iceland Lichen, Iceland Moss

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cetraria

genus Cercidium
genus Cercis
genus Cercocebus
genus Cercopithecus
genus Cercospora
genus Cercosporella
genus Cereus
genus Certhia
genus Cervus
genus Ceryle
genus Cestrum
genus Cestum
genus Ceterach
genus Cetonia
genus Cetorhinus
genus Cetraria
genus Chaenactis
genus Chaenomeles
genus Chaenopsis
genus Chaetodipterus
genus Chaetodon
genus Chalcis
genus Chalcostigma
genus Chamaea
genus Chamaecrista
genus Chamaecyparis
genus Chamaecytisus
genus Chamaedaphne
genus Chamaeleo
genus Chamaeleon

Literary usage of Genus cetraria

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

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"... to print the following corrections to the article on "The genus cetraria," etc., TORREYA 15: 213-230. 1915. The author's copy was correct. ..."

2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The genus Cetraria, of which the Iceland moss is a well known species, forms a connection between the vertical and horizontal lichens ; its thallus is ..."

3. A Synopsis of the North American Lichens by Edward Tuckerman (1882)
"But, on the other hand, the family now before us is represented at its centre by a genus (Cetraria) in which a certain degree of dilatation of the frond is ..."

4. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"genus cetraria,* Ach. Nyland., Syn. Meth. Lich., i, p. 298. There are 4 species, natives of the high northern regions of both worlds. 302. ..."

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