Definition of Callitrichaceae

1. Noun. Dicot aquatic herbs.

Exact synonyms: Family Callitrichaceae
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Callitriche, Genus Callitriche

Lexicographical Neighbors of Callitrichaceae

Callirhoe
Callirhoe digitata
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe triangulata
Callirrhoë
Callisaurus
Callisaurus draconoides
Callison's fluid
Callistan
Callistephus
Callistephus chinensis
Callisto
Callistoan
Callistonian
Callithricidae
Callitrichaceae
Callitriche
Callitris
Callitris calcarata
Callitris cupressiformis
Callitris endlicheri
Callitris glauca
Callitris glaucophylla
Callitris parlatorei
Callitris quadrivalvis
Callitroga
Callophis
Callorhinus
Callorhinus ursinus
Callum

Literary usage of Callitrichaceae

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

1. Flora of Los Angeles and Vicinity by Le Roy Abrams (1904)
"callitrichaceae. WORT FAMILY. WATER STAR- Herbaceous aquatic or rarely terrestrial plants, with slender or capillary stems, opposite exstipulate entire ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1912)
"callitrichaceae Callitriche LC sp. Wolf, (1), 284; Rob. (1), 170.—CHARLES ISL. : in a brook near the hacienda, according to Wolf. Probably around 1000 ft. ..."

3. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa ( Gray, Merritt Lyndon Fernald, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1908)
"callitrichaceae (WATER STARWORT FAMILY) Low slender and usually tufted chiefly aquatic herbs (glabrous or beset with microscopic stellate scales'), ..."

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