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Definition of Pteropogon
1. Noun. Southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit.
Group relationships: Genus Pteropogon
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropogon
Literary usage of Pteropogon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1852)
"The fifth section tends to connect pteropogon with ... Lindl., which has larger
heads * pteropogon Chilensis, Meyer, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. vol. vi. ..."
2. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. by George Bentham, Ferdinand von Mueller (1866)
"pteropogon leni», A. Gray in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 269. W. Australia, Drummond,
5lh Coll. n. 366. ... Pappus of about 10 plumose bristles.— pteropogon ..."
3. Annales botanices systematicae by Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1858)
"Bathurst Plains. t pteropogon li!UM МО-Mill A. Graj I. c. ... pteropogon CORYMB
usii s A. Gra; 1. c. ..."
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