Definition of Family Sterculiaceae

1. Noun. A large family of plants of order Malvales.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Sterculiaceae

family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae (current term)
family Stichaeidae
family Stizidae
family Strelitziaceae
family Streptomycetaceae
family Strigidae
family Stromateidae
family Strombidae
family Strophariaceae
family Struthionidae
family Sturnidae
family Styracaceae
family Suidae
family Sulidae
family Sylviidae

Literary usage of Family Sterculiaceae

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

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"The family may be distinguished from the Malvaceae by the fact that the stamens are in five or more sets. family Sterculiaceae. Sterculia Family. ..."

2. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"KOHL-RABI. See Cabbage. KOLA; COLA. (Sterculia acuminata. family Sterculiaceae.) Tropical African trees cultivated for the nuts. A. KOLA INSECTS. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"... and low woodlands, Camaguey ; Santa Clara. Type from Punta Diablo, Cienfuegos Bay, Santa Clara (Britton & Wilson 6045). Family STERCULIACEAE ..."

4. Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp (1920)
"... Family. Sterculiaceae. IMPORTANT GENERA. The most important plant is the Cocoa Tree (Theobroma Cacao). It is a low tree with short-stalked, firm, ..."

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