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Definition of Genus gloxinia

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gloxinia

Literary usage of Genus gloxinia

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Name given to hybrids of Gloxinia (Sinningia) and Gesneria. See Gloxinia. GLOXINIA, The genus Gloxinia was founded by L'Héritier in 1785(named in ..."

2. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1838)
"All cultivators of the genus Gloxinia—and we imagine that there are few- persons who possess a plant-stove who do not cultivate some species of it—will, ..."

3. Paxton's Flower Garden by Sir Joseph Paxton, John Lindley, Thomas Baines (1882)
"... Salida for the genus Gloxinia as founded by l'Heritier, M. Regel departs from the rule of ..."

4. The Horticultural Register by Sir Joseph Paxton, Joseph Harrison (1835)
"OF THE genus gloxinia. BY THE AUTHOR Or THE DOMESTIC GARDENERS' MANUAL. THIS most elegant family stands pre-eminent in the Natural Order— Gesneria. ..."

5. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"This genus of very pretty plants ought to be in every collection. Their culture and propagation is the same as that recommended for the genus Gloxinia. ..."

6. Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. (1853)
"It is exceedingly showy, and ought to be grown in every collection of this fine flowering genus. GLOXINIA IMPERIALIST The outside of the flower is a French ..."

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