Definition of Leitneriaceae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order.

Exact synonyms: Corkwood Family, Family Leitneriaceae
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myricales, Order Myricales
Member holonyms: Genus Leitneria, Leitneria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leitneriaceae

Leishmania donovani donovani
Leishmania donovani infantum
Leishmania furunculosa
Leishmania mexicana amazonensis
Leishmania mexicana garnhami
Leishmania mexicana mexicana
Leishmania mexicana pifanoi
Leishmania mexicana venezuelensis
Leishmania peruviana
Leishmania pifanoi
Leishmania tropica major
Leishmania tropica mexicana
Leiter International Performance Scale
Leitneria
Leitneria floridana
Leitneriaceae (current term)
Leitrim
Lek
Lela
Leland Stanford
Lelystad virus
Lemaireocereus
Lemaireocereus chichipe
Lemaitre
Lembert suture
Lemko
Lemmon
Lemmus
Lemmus lemmus

Literary usage of Leitneriaceae

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, Addison Brown (1913)
"Leitneriaceae. i : 586. Fam. 3. Myricaceae. i : 584. * Flowers, at least the staminale ones, in aments. Order 4. SALICALES. Fam. 5. Salicaceae. i : 587. ..."

2. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Leitneriaceae Monica, Cal. It attains its greatest size and most beau- tiful form ... Leitneriaceae. Shrubs or small trees with toothless, alternate-growing ..."

3. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family Leitneriaceae. Corkwood Family. A family consisting of only the following genus with a single species of no decorative value but sometimes grown as a ..."

4. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"Family Leitneriaceae : Shrubs with alternate leaves and dioecious flowers in catkins ; perianth minute or 0 ; pistil 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; endosperm minute. ..."

5. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... floridana (Leitneriaceae). 1204. Order Juglandales.—Trees, staminate flowers in aments. The walnut family (Juglandaceae, examples: walnut, butternut, ..."

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