Genus Polanisia (Noun)
Meaning
Widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Genus Polanisia is commonly recognized as a genus of flowering plants in the Cleomaceae family.
- It includes the widely distributed herb with creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length such as the Rose Mallow genus Polanisia.
- The Genus Polanisia species produce zygomorphic flowers that are often aggregated at the terminal areas of their branching stem systems within the Cleomaceae family of plants.
- In recent studies the genus Polanisia was found to consist of several herb species that have many stamens of unequal length along with 5 sepals, five or four petals that typically differ.
- Distribution analysis showed the genus Polanisia occupied broad territories extending from the eastern to central portions of North America and covering numerous places.