Lyonia

Lyonia
noun
evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalaya
Syn: ↑genus Lyonia
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ericaceae, ↑family Ericaceae, ↑heath family
Member Meronyms:

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\\līˈōnēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from John Lyon died ab1818 Scottish gardener and collector of American plants + New Latin -ia
: a genus of upright shrubs (family Ericaceae) that have white or pinkish flowers in axillary or terminal clusters with urceolate or cylindric corolla, anthers opening by terminal pores, and a capsular many-seeded fruit

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  • Lyonia — prop. n. A genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of the U. S. to the Antilles and eastern Asia to Himalaya. Syn: genus {Lyonia}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lyonia — is a genus name in biology:*In animals dagger; Lyonia (brachiopod) Archbold, 1983 (Brachiopoda: Strophomenida) *In plants Lyonia (Ericaceae) (Magnoliophyta: Ericaceae) …   Wikipedia

  • Lyonĭa — Nutt., Gattung der Erikazeen, Sträucher mit wechselnden oder immergrünen, häufig mit Schildhaaren besetzten Blättern, fünflappigem, schüsselförmigem Kelch, kugelig krugförmiger Blumenkrone mit kleinem Saum und fünf hellen, herablaufenden… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Lyonia —   Lyonia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lyonia — ID 50803 Symbol Key LYONI Common Name staggerbush Family Ericaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, PR, RI …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Lyonia (Ericaceae) — Taxobox name = Lyonia image width = 230px image caption = Lyonia ovalifolia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Lyonia genus authority = Nutt. Lyonia (Staggerbush) is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Lyonia elliptica — Taxobox status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Lyonia species = L. elliptica binomial = Lyonia elliptica binomial authority = (C.Wright ex …   Wikipedia

  • Lyonia jamaicensis — Taxobox status = LR/nt | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Lyonia species = L. jamaicensis binomial = Lyonia jamaicensis binomial authority = (Sw.) …   Wikipedia

  • Lyonia maestrensis — Taxobox status = EN | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Lyonia species = L. maestrensis binomial = Lyonia maestrensis binomial authority = Acuña… …   Wikipedia

  • Lyonia octandra — Taxobox status = LR/nt | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Lyonia species = L. octandra binomial = Lyonia octandra binomial authority = (Sw.)… …   Wikipedia

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