Definition of Centrospermae

1. Noun. Used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales.

Exact synonyms: Group Centrospermae
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrospermae

Centrocercus
Centrocercus urophasianus
Centrocestus
Centrolobium
Centrolobium robustum
Centropistes striata
Centropomidae
Centropomus
Centropristis
Centropristis philadelphica
Centropus
Centropus phasianinus
Centropus sinensis
Centrosema
Centrosema virginianum
Centruroides
Centum
Centunculus
Cephaelis
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera rubra
Cephalaspida
Cephalobidae
Cephalochordata
Cephalomyia
Cephalonia
Cephalonian
Cephalopoda
Cephalopterus

Literary usage of Centrospermae

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

1. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"centrospermae Plants with as a rule hermaphrodite flowers which approximate to the typical dicotyledonous flower. Family 1. ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In those centrospermae which are destitute of floral-leaves ... Most of the centrospermae have dust-like pollen, but in Caryophyllaceae and Nyctaginaceae ..."

3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Orders Polygonales and centrospermae. The order Polygonales comprises the ... The centrospermae, on the other hand, form a group of considerable size, ..."

4. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"centrospermae Flowers hermaphrodite, usually hypogynous, PENTAMEROUS with ... THE centrospermae THUS LINK ..."

5. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton. Campbell (1907)
"In the centrospermae the flower may be extremely simple, as in Chenopodium or Amarantus. The ovary contains a single basal ovule, and the structure of the ..."

6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"A survey of the Dicotyledons shows that perisperm is at present known in the seeds of Piperales, Aristolochiales, Polygonales, centrospermae, ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... (centrospermae of Engler) include ten families culminating in the Caryophyllaceae, and containing about 3500 existing species. They appear illy assorted ..."

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