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Polymnia

Polymnia \Po*lym"ni*a\, n. See Polyhymnia.

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Polymnia

Polymnia is a genus of American plants in the sunflower family. It is the only genus in the tribe Polymnieae. Several species are known by the common name leafcup

Species
  1. Polymnia aspera (Mart.) Mart. ex DC. - Mexico
  2. Polymnia canadensis L. - Ontario, much of eastern + central United States
  3. Polymnia cocuyensis Cuatrec. - Boyacá in Colombia
  4. Polymnia cossatotensis Pittman & V.M.Bates - Arkansas
  5. Polymnia johnbeckii D.Estes - Tennessee
  6. Polymnia laevigata Beadle - MO KY TN AL GA FL
  7. Polymnia quichensis J.M.Coult. - Costa Rica, Guatemala
  8. Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. - Bolivia
formerly included

numerous species now in other genera: Axiniphyllum Berlandiera Didelta Guizotia Melampodium Montanoa Rumfordia Smallanthus Sphagneticola Unxia

Usage examples of "polymnia".

Kalliope, Polymnia, Ourania, Erato, Kleis, Euterpe, Melpomene, Terpsichore, and Tahleia.

Sister Terpsichore, lovely Erato, Polymnia, likewise Blessed Urania, also Calliope, first of the Muses.

Somewhere in the parade, Polymnia, muse of sacred poetry, and Urania, muse of astronomy (which was considered by the Greeks to be an art), were lost in the shuffle.