单词 | gesnera |
释义 | Gesneran. Botany. Also (the spelling preferred by Linnæus and now the accepted form). A genus of tropical plants (family Gesneraceæ); also a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Gesneriaceae or Gesneria plant > [noun] Gesnera1845 gesnerad1882 1737 C. Linnaeus Genera Plant. 179 Gesneria. Gesnera Plum.] 1845 Curtis's Bot. Mag. 71 Tab. 4152 Schiede's Gesneria..is another lovely addition to the many beautiful Gesnerias now cultivated in our stoves. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 186/1 Some of the taller Gesneras may require a slight support. 1882 Garden 11 Nov. 420/2 There are not many stove plants more valuable than Gesneras. 1901 G. Nicholson Dict. Gardening Suppl. II. 389/1 Gesnera. According to the ‘Index Kewensis’ the correct spelling is that of Linnæus—Gesneria. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) II. 886/1 The Gesnerias being tropical, need stove conditions. 1961 Amateur Gardening 14 Oct. (Suppl.) 23/3 The gesneras are related to the gloxinias and require very much the same conditions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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