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Definition of Genus dipladenia
1. Noun. Genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Dipladenia Boliviensis, Mandevilla Boliviensis, White Dipladenia, Chilean Jasmine, Mandevilla Laxa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dipladenia
Literary usage of Genus dipladenia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1845)
"Echites and the E. splendens and atro- purpurea with the present subject are
united under the genus Dipladenia. This species is one of the handsomest, ..."
2. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1853)
"THE genus dipladenia. BY MR. JR TANTON. (Continued from page 85.) WHEN the plants
are in full bloom it will be advisable to remove them into a somewhat ..."
3. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden: Being an Alphabetical by Jane (Webb) Loudon (1865)
"They require light rich soil, or fresh loam, peat, and silver sand. The genus
Dipladenia was formerly called ..."
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