Definition of Family hypericaceae

1. Noun. Used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae.

Exact synonyms: Hypericaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hypericaceae

family Hyacinthaceae
family Hyaenidae
family Hydnaceae
family Hydnoraceae
family Hydrangeaceae
family Hydrobatidae
family Hydrocharidaceae
family Hydrocharitaceae
family Hydrochoeridae
family Hydrophidae
family Hydrophyllaceae
family Hygrophoraceae
family Hylidae
family Hylobatidae
family Hymenophyllaceae
family Hypericaceae
family Hyperodontidae
family Hypocreaceae
family Hypodermatidae
family Hypoxidaceae
family Hystricidae
family Ibidiidae
family Ichneumonidae
family Ichthyosauridae
family Icteridae
family Iguania
family Iguanidae
family Iguanodontidae
family Indicatoridae
family Indriidae

Literary usage of Family hypericaceae

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

1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY (Hypericaceae) Common St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum Flowers—Bright yellow, 1 in. across or less, several or many in terminal ..."

2. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family hypericaceae (St. John's-worts): Herbs, shrubs (and trees) with opposite or whorled, glandular-dotted leaves ; inflorescence dichotomous or ..."

3. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family HYPERICACEAE. St. John's-wort Family. A rather small family, chiefly herbs, of little use except that some are planted for their bright yellow ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family hypericaceae. St. John's-wort Family. Contains about 10 genera and 280 species, mostly herbs and shrubs of wide distribution, a few trees in tropical ..."

5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"... or globose-obovoid, 1.5 cm. long, 1.2—1.5 cm. broad. Type from Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 8206). Family HYPERICACEAE Hypericum ..."

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