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Definition of Richea pandanifolia
1. Noun. Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long.
Generic synonyms: Australian Heath
Group relationships: Genus Richea, Richea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Richea Pandanifolia
Literary usage of Richea pandanifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, Etc by Tasmanian Society (1849)
"... 10 genera found in the Auckland and Campbell's Islands all are represented
here; and 10 out of the 20 species are common to both. richea pandanifolia ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Richea, n. a Tasmanian Grass- tree (qv), richea pandanifolia, Hook., ... 125 : "
richea pandanifolia, H. Giant Grass Tree. Peculiar to Tasmania. ..."
3. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1871)
"richea pandanifolia, J. Hook. Fl. antarct. i., 50. "Under the shelter of the
highest alpine ridges of Mt. Field East, at 4800' and descending to 4000' on, ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"125 : " richea pandanifolia, H. Giant Grass Tree. Peculiar to Tasmania. Dense forests
in the interior and SW. ..."
5. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1851)
"... &c. ;—also a section (dressed and French-polished) of the stem of the graceful
palm-like Richea (richea pandanifolia), found in the dense forests ..."
6. Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees by Ellwood Cooper (1876)
"... (richea pandanifolia), the celery, topped pine (Phyllocladus rhomboidalis),
and the deciduous beech (Fagus ..."
7. Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory by George Bentham (1869)
"A shrub attaining nearly the height of richea pandanifolia, but more branching,
with large terminal crowns of leaves, those under the panicles from 6 iu. to ..."
8. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1855)
"Section of a small stem of richea pandanifolia from Macquarie Harbour. Dried Specimens
of about 300 species of Plants from the Cape of Good Hope; ..."