Definition of Ceratophyllaceae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratophyllaceae

Cerambycidae
Cerapteryx
Cerapteryx graminis
Cerastes cornutus
Cerastium
Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae (current term)
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella
Ceratostomella ulmi
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium simum

Literary usage of Ceratophyllaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Ceratophyllaceae A. Gray, Ann. Lye. NY 4: 41. 1837. HORN WORT FAMILY. Submerged aquatics, with slender widely branching stems, and verticillate leaves, ..."

2. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York by N.Y. Lyceum of Natural History (New York, New York Academy of Sciences (1848)
"... as in Ceratophyllaceae. The principal difference between the two orders, so far as respects the structure of the ovule and seed, consists, therefore, ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... come the rest of the dicotyledons, and also the monocotyledons, the latter coming from the region of the Ceratophyllaceae and Ranunculaceae.— CHARLES]. ..."

4. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Seed inflorescence. Herbs with tough bark, mostly opposite and serrate leaves, and usually cymose ax 90. Ceratophyllaceae, p. 78. ..."

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