| 释义 |
‖ Sparaxis Bot.|spəˈræksɪs|
[mod.L. (1805), a. Gr. σπάραξις tearing, laceration.]
A genus of S. African iridaceous plants (related to the genus Ixia and characterized by a lacerated spathe), species of which are cultivated for their showy flowers; a plant or bulb of this genus.
1829Loudon Encycl. Pl. 40. 1841 Duncan Hist. Guernsey 557 The innumerable species of ixia, sparaxis, and other cognate genera of Cape bulbs. Ibid. 559 The ixia, too, and the sparaxis, have lately been observed to hybridise. 1852Johnson Cottage Gard. Dict. 517/1 The true Ixias are known from Sparaxis by not having, like it, a jagged sheath. |