depauperate

Historical Examples of depauperate

• Depauperate, impoverished or starved, and so below the natural size.

  The Elements of Botany

  Asa Gray

• The muralis gopher is a depauperate form clearly belonging to the bottae group.

  Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents

  E. Raymond Hall

• Probably a depauperate form of Ophióglossum vulgàtum and about half as large.

  The Fern Lover's Companion

  George Henry Tilton

• It looks like a depauperate L. epidendrum, but seems to be constantly collected.

  The North American Slime-Moulds

  Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

• The species was probably first named from poor or depauperate specimens.

  The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits

  Mary Elizabeth Parsons