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Definition of Genus helipterum

1. Noun. Genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Helipterum

Literary usage of Genus helipterum

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

1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1913)
"... are often placed under the genus Helipterum, These both for bedding and for ... second of these everlastings which belongs to the genus Helipterum, or, ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"genus helipterum HELIPTERUM (Greek, helios, the sun, and pteron, a wing). A genus comprising about forty species of herbs, rarely small shrubs, ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... and so commonly cultivated in greenhouses, are natives of the Cape, not of Madagascar, and are generally placed in the genus Helipterum. ..."

4. Icones Plantarum, Or, Figures, with Brief Descriptive Characters and Remarks ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1841)
"... occasionally tinged with brown or purple. The genus helipterum of De Candolle only differs from Helichrysum, in the plumose, not scabrous pappus. ..."

5. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... perimented most extensively belong to the genus Helipterum, and are known to the horticulturist as ..."

6. Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application by Luther Burbank, John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams, Luther Burbank Society (1915)
"... perimented most extensively belong to the genus Helipterum, and are known to the horticulturist as ..."

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