Genus Leucogenes (Noun)
Meaning
New Zealand edelweiss.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- New Zealand edelweiss, Leucogenes, is a small genus of flowering plants native to the country.
- Leucogenes leontopodioides is one of the two species of New Zealand edelweiss in the genus Leucogenes.
- In New Zealand, Leucogenes leontopodioides and Leucogenes grandiceps are the two main species in the genus Leucogenes.
- New Zealand edelweiss of the genus Leucogenes typically have daisy-like flowers in shades of white or pink.
- In alpine areas of New Zealand, Leucogenes species can be seen, characterized by woolly rosettes typical of the genus Leucogenes.