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Definition of Telanthera
1. Noun. Used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Amaranth Family, Amaranthaceae, Family Amaranthaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telanthera
Literary usage of Telanthera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Principal Species. . . ч * ' telanthera AMABILIS (lovely). Stems branched.
Leaves elliptic, greenish, stained with red and yellow ; under good treatment ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"telanthera (name refers to the fact that all ten parts of the stamina! cup are
equally developed). ..."
3. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"telanthera pungent Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:371. 1849. ... telanthera R. Br.
in Tuckey, Congo Exp. 477. 1818. About 56 species, littoral plants; ..."
4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"156, D) and telanthera. The following points of difference are shown by these hairs.
In T. frutescens, Moq., the upper cells of the candelabra-hairs bear ..."
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