Definition of Crassulaceae

1. Noun. Succulent shrubs and herbs.

Exact synonyms: Family Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Family
Generic synonyms: Plant Family
Group relationships: Order Rosales, Rosales
Member holonyms: Crassula, Genus Crassula, Genus Sedum, Aeonium, Genus Aeonium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crassulaceae

Crambe maritima
Cramer wire splint
Cramlington
Crampton's line
Crampton's muscle
Crampton test
Crangon
Crangonidae
Craniata
Cranmerian
Craspedia
Crataegus
Crataegus aestivalis
Crataegus apiifolia
Crataegus biltmoreana
Crataegus calpodendron
Crataegus coccinea
Crataegus coccinea mollis
Crataegus crus-galli
Crataegus laevigata
Crataegus marshallii
Crataegus mollis
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus oxyacantha

Literary usage of Crassulaceae

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, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"July-Sept. Brunswick to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia, 2 3 \ Family 44. crassulaceae DC. Fl. Franc. 4: 382. 1805. ORPINE FAMILY. ..."

2. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"... crassulaceae. ORPINE FAMILY PENTHORUM P. sedoides, L. Ditches and swamps ; frequent. SEDUM. STONECROP S. ACBE, L. On rocks ; occasional. ..."

3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"crassulaceae DC. STONE-CROP FAMILY. Stamens as many as there are sepals. i. TILLAEA. Stamens twice as many as there are sepals. 2. SEDUM. 1. ..."

4. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"crassulaceae DC. Orpine Family. Stamens of the same number as the sepals, minute herbs. 1. Tillaea, 'Stamens twice as many as the sepals; succulent herbs. ..."

5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In some Mimose«, crassulaceae, and Styracaceae the petals are connate at the base. Small, inconspicuous, greenish petals are exhibited by some ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"July-Sept. Brunswick to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Georgia, 2 3 \ Family 44. crassulaceae DC. Fl. Franc. 4: 382. 1805. ORPINE FAMILY. ..."

7. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"... crassulaceae. ORPINE FAMILY PENTHORUM P. sedoides, L. Ditches and swamps ; frequent. SEDUM. STONECROP S. ACBE, L. On rocks ; occasional. ..."

8. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"crassulaceae DC. STONE-CROP FAMILY. Stamens as many as there are sepals. i. TILLAEA. Stamens twice as many as there are sepals. 2. SEDUM. 1. ..."

9. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"crassulaceae DC. Orpine Family. Stamens of the same number as the sepals, minute herbs. 1. Tillaea, 'Stamens twice as many as the sepals; succulent herbs. ..."

10. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In some Mimose«, crassulaceae, and Styracaceae the petals are connate at the base. Small, inconspicuous, greenish petals are exhibited by some ..."

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