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In Greek mythology, Byblis or Bublis was a daughter of Miletus. Her mother was either Tragasia, Cyanee, daughter of the river-god Meander, or Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria. She fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.
Byblis is a small genus of carnivorous plants, sometimes termed the rainbow plants for the attractive appearance of their mucilage-covered leaves in bright sunshine. Native to western Australia, it is the only genus in the family Byblidaceae. The first species in the genus was described by the English botanist Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1808. Eight species are now recognized (see below).
Byblis species look very similar to Drosera and Drosophyllum, but are distinguished by their zygomorphic flowers, with five curved stamens off to one side of the pistil. These genera are in fact not closely related; modern classifications place Byblis in the Lamiales, while the sundews and Drosophyllum are now placed in the Caryophyllales.
Byblis may refer to:
- Byblis, daughter of Miletus and Tragasia in Greek mythology.
- Byblis (plant), a genus of carnivorous plants.
- Byblis (amphipod), a genus of amphipods.
- The asteroid 199 Byblis.
- Biblis, a town in Germany
Usage examples of "byblis".
After the nymph Byblis, who committed suicide when she failed in all her attempts to seduce her brother.
I desire, it is that, nameless, I might plead my case unrecognized as Byblis, undiscovered until my wish were certain to be granted.
When she heard the news of his rejection, Byblis lost all color and shivered uncontrollably from chills.
Solomon and Hiram left Byblis and Tyre they were ordered to sail to Havilah, which is now Rhodesia.
Drosera, 2 , coats of pollengrains not digested by insects, 117 Binz, on action of quinine on white bloodcorpuscles, 201 , on poisonous action of quinine on low organisms, 202 Bone, its digestion by Drosera, 105 Brunton, Lauder, on digestion of gelatine, 111 , on the composition of casein, 115 , on the digestion of urea, 124 , of chlorophyll, 126 , of pepsin, 124 Byblis, 343 C.
This is effected by Drosophyllum, Roridula, and Byblis, solely by the viscid fluid secreted from their glands.
In Byblis the glands consist of a single layer of cells, supported on a unicellular pedicel.
The above named three genera, namely Drosophyllum, Roridula, and Byblis, which appear to have retained a primordial condition, still bear glandular hairs on both surfaces of their leaves.