Genus Mentzelia (Noun)
Meaning
Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Mentzelia is a large genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs that have historically been divided into sections.
- Botanists have often questioned whether the genus Mentzelia can be divided into distinct species due to variation within the genus.
- Mentzelia lindleyi is a desert species within the genus, and there is much debate regarding the proper classification of this species within the genus Mentzelia.
- Members of the genus Mentzelia possess an unusual pattern of seed development not seen in most other flowering plants of the western United States.
- Genus Mentzelia could be involved in hybridizations as so many Mentzelia species have some overlapping characteristics.