单词 | stapelia |
释义 | stapelian. Botany. A South African genus of apocynaceous plants, remarkable for the fetid smell of the flowers, whence one species ( S. hirsuta) is called Carrion-flower. Also, a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > stapelias stapelia1785 starfish1840 carrion-flower1852 toad-flower1884 stapeliad1933 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 224 Stapelia..has a very large wheel-shaped corol. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 440/2 The leafless succulent stapelias. 1860 All Year Round 7 July 295 The carrion-scented flowers of stapelias. Derivatives staˈpeliad n. a plant belonging to one of a group of closely related genera including Stapelia and others formerly considered part of it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > stapelias stapelia1785 starfish1840 carrion-flower1852 toad-flower1884 stapeliad1933 1933 White & Sloane Stapelieae 1 The corolla of Stapeliads is usually fleshy. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 261 Among the great plant travellers are the Stapeliads of the family Asclepiadaceæ. 1977 W. P. U. Jackson Wild Flowers Table Mt. 48/2 Orbea variegata..is the only Stapeliad in the Cape Peninsula. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785 |
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