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Definition of Pterospermum
1. Noun. Genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Maple-leaved Bayur, Mayeng, Pterospermum Acerifolium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterospermum
Literary usage of Pterospermum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The timber trees, timber and fancy woods, as also, the forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"Mr. Fergusson says he cannot find pterospermum Indicum as a Botanic name in any
book, and he does not think that a tree having sucli a name exists. ..."
2. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"Extrafloral nectaries occur in pterospermum javanicum, Jungh. ... The extrafloral
nectaries, found in pterospermum javanicum, although not present in other ..."
3. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1862)
"Cat. Ex. 1861, Poole's Statistics of Commerce. pterospermum ... pterospermum
SEMI-SAGITTATUM, Buch. A tree of Assam, which flowers in March, April and May, ..."
4. Edwards's Botanical Register, Or, Ornamental Flower-garden and Shrubbery by Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley (1829)
""The fruit suggests so obviously some affinity with pterospermum, that it is next
necessary to institute a comparison with that genus. ..."
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