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Definition of Genus heuchera
1. Noun. Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae, Saxifrage Family
Member holonyms: Alumbloom, Alumroot, Heuchera Cylindrica, Poker Alumroot, Poker Heuchera, Coralbells, Heuchera Sanguinea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Heuchera
Literary usage of Genus heuchera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hardy Perennials and Old-fashioned Garden Flowers: Describing the Most by John Wood (1884)
"As a genus, Heuchera is sometimes placed after Saxifraga and before that of
Tiarella; the latter it much resembles, as well as the genera Mitella and ..."
2. Plant-breeding: Comments on the Experiments of Nilsson and Burbank by Hugo de Vries (1907)
"The Heuchera may be cited as a parallel with the Shasta daisy, though their
culture is only in its beginning. The garden species of this genus, Heuchera ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The genus Heuchera has the calyx 5-cleft, the petals undivided, five stamens,
and the styles remarkably long. H. Americana is everywhere covered with a ..."
4. The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement by J C Loudon (1837)
"... plants are generally described as destitute of stipules : those organs are,
however, visible enough in the genus Heuchera." (Hot. Reg., Jan. ..."
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