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Definition of Hottonia
1. Noun. Aquatic herbs.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Primulaceae, Primrose Family, Primulaceae
Member holonyms: Feather-foil, Featherfoil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hottonia
Literary usage of Hottonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Flowers by William Sutherland (1871)
"hottonia.—So far as is at present known, this pretty and interesting genus of
aquatic plants comprises only two species— the one a native of North America, ..."
2. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1885)
"The maximum temperature at which assimilation can occur in Anacharis * is between
45° and 50° C.; in hottonia,5 just below 56° C. The optimum* temperature ..."
3. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln ( Goodale (1890)
"The maximum temperature at which assimilation can occur in Anacharis * is between
45° and 50° C.; in hottonia,3 just below 56° C. The optimum* temperature ..."
4. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1807)
"Capsule with 1 cell. SPEC. CHAR. Stalk bearing many flowers in whorls. SYN.
hottonia palustris. Linn. Sp. PI . 208. Huds. GEN/CHAR. Corolla salver-shaped. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1898)
"With hottonia the few experiments we made were more satisfactory. Aug. 1.
Old Tap-water. still 23 pc oxygen stirred 22 „ Aug. 2. ..."
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