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Definition of Ambrosiaceae
1. Noun. In some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambrosiaceae
Literary usage of Ambrosiaceae
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 (1898)
"3: 261. Stamens distinct, or nearly so. Fam. 42. Ambrosiaceae. 3:292. Stamens united
by their anthers into a tube around the style (except in ..."
2. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt (1891)
"... hat Link eine Familie zusammengesetzt, welche er ale Ambrosiaceae- bezeichnet.
Verf. überträgt diesen Namen auch auf die anderen Gattungen,, ..."
3. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Iowa by Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick (1899)
"... of the Compositae, the Ambrosiaceae, und типу of the ... tubular or the outer
ligulate; juice rarely milky. Stamens distinct or nearly so. Ambrosiaceae ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"The Ambrosiaceae, or ragweed family, are composed of small greenish flowers,
which in the absence of insects have reverted to wind-fertilization. ..."
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