Genus Orites (Noun)
Meaning
Small genus of Australian shrubs or trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Orites is a small genus of Australian shrubs or trees in the family Proteaceae.
- Orites is a small genus of about five species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
- Genus Orites contains around five species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs that are endemic to eastern Australia.
- Plants in the genus Orites have needle-like or linear leaves and yellow flowers that are arranged in racemes or panicles.
- Orites excelsus, a member of the genus Orites, is a small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to the mountainous regions of New South Wales.