nyctaginia

Thân thiện

A botanist carefully examines a nyctaginia specimen in a greenhouse.

Definition

Noun 1. A genus of flowering plants: Nyctaginia is a genus in the family Nyctaginaceae (the four o'clock family), containing only one recognized species.

Usage Notes

• is a scientific (taxonomic) name used in botany. It is always capitalized and typically written in italics in formal botanical texts.
• It refers specifically to the genus as a whole, not to individual plants. The single species within this genus is .

Examples

• The genus Nyctaginia is monotypic, meaning it contains only one species.
• Nyctaginia capitata, commonly called the devil's bouquet or scarlet muskflower, is native to Texas and northern Mexico.
• Botanists studied the floral structure of Nyctaginia.

Advanced Usage

• The genus name is derived from the Greek word (night), a reference shared with the family name Nyctaginaceae, as many plants in this family have flowers that open in the late afternoon or evening.

Variants and Related Words

• Nyctaginaceae (noun): The botanical family name (the four o'clock family) to which the genus belongs.
• Nyctaginia capitata (noun): The full binomial (genus and species) name for the sole species in this genus.

Synonyms

• Genus Nyctaginia (noun): The formal taxonomic designation.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Nyctaginia
• genus Nyctaginia