Definition of Sarraceniales

1. Noun. Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarraceniales

Sark
Sarkese
Sarkozy
Sarkozyism
Sarlacc
Sarnoff
Saronic Gulf
Saronic Islands
Saroyan
Sarpanitu
Sarpedon
Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia minor
Sarracenia purpurea
Sarraceniaceae
Sarraceniales (current term)
Sarsi
Sarthe
Sartre
Sartrean
Sartreans
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sasak
Sasang typology
Sasanian
Sasanians
Sasanid
Sasanidae
Sasanids
Sasha

Literary usage of Sarraceniales

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

1. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... in common in the arrangement of floral members and the spirocyclic character of the flowers. The distinctive character of Sarraceniales as compared with ..."

2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"The Sarraceniales (Pitcher-plants, Sundews) and the Cacti ... Sarraceniales 5. Resales 6. Geraniales 7. Sapindales 8. Rhamnales 9. Malvales 10. ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"The strong scent of these flowers probably compensates for their small size and greenish colors. The Sarraceniales contain two remarkable carnivorous ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Sarraceniales. Fam. 41. Sarraceniaceae. 2:201. Fam. 42. Droseraceae. 2 : 202. 3. Carpels solitary, or several and distinct, or sometimes united; ..."

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