Definition of Family Aristolochiaceae

1. Noun. Family of birthworts (including wild ginger).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Aristolochiaceae

family Apterygidae
family Aquifoliaceae
family Araceae
family Araliaceae
family Araucariaceae
family Arcellidae
family Arcidae
family Arctiidae
family Ardeidae
family Arecaceae
family Argasidae
family Argentinidae
family Argiopidae
family Argonautidae
family Ariidae
family Aristolochiaceae (current term)
family Armadillidiidae
family Artamidae
family Ascaphidae
family Ascaridae
family Asclepiadaceae
family Asilidae
family Asparagaceae
family Aspergillaceae
family Asphodelaceae
family Aspleniaceae
family Astacidae
family Asteraceae
family Atherinidae
family Athiorhodaceae

Literary usage of Family Aristolochiaceae

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

1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"regarded as of recent origin. Flowers epigynous, with simple or double perigone. family Aristolochiaceae.—Flowers actinomorphic or more frequently ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"family Aristolochiaceae. Birthwort Family. Contains 5 genera and about 200 species, of which 180 belong to ..."

3. Botanical Guide Through the Phipps Conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny by Gustave Guttenberg (1894)
"... family (Aristolochiaceae) and others. But there are many other families in which only one or a few species have taken to climbing, as the Climbing Rose ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Family Aristolochiaceae on Dictionary.com!Search for Family Aristolochiaceae on Thesaurus.com!Search for Family Aristolochiaceae on Google!Search for Family Aristolochiaceae on Wikipedia!

Search