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Definition of Genus strophanthus
1. Noun. Genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees.
Group relationships: Apocynaceae, Dogbane Family, Family Apocynaceae
Member holonyms: Strophanthus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Strophanthus
Literary usage of Genus strophanthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio Charles Wood (1908)
"... have reached Europe various African arrow-poisons, which are now believed to
be derived from one or more species of the tropical genus Strophanthus ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1912)
"John Uri Lloyd traces the history of Strophanthus from the time when the genus
Strophanthus was first established (by De Candolle, 1802) to the present. ..."
3. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Students and Practitioners of Medicine by Horatio Charles Wood (1916)
"... there have reached Europe various African arrow poisons, which are now known
to be derived from one or more species of the tropical genus Strophanthus— ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"... M. on the genus Strophanthus, xliv. 506. On the cortical pores of the leaves
of plants, xlviii. 350. On the influence of light on vegetables, lii. 459. ..."
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