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Definition of Genus scorzonera
1. Noun. Genus of narrow-leaved European herbs.
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Black Salsify, Scorzonera, Scorzonera Hispanica, Viper's Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Scorzonera
Literary usage of Genus scorzonera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"In addition to the modifications previously described, a further one has been
observed in certain species of the genus Scorzonera ; in this case medullary ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"The genus Scorzonera is a large one—over 100 species, all natives of the Old World.
Perennial herbs, or rarely annual, floccose, ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals. by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"Pappus in many series, pilose. DESCRIPTION, &c.—The species comprised in this
genus have been separated by Professor De Candolle from the genus Scorzonera. ..."
4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1830)
"The Genus SCORZONERA is one, the determination of whose species is attended with
considerable difficulty, and, probably, many varieties have been raised to ..."
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