Definition of Family isoetaceae

1. Noun. Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes.

Exact synonyms: Isoetaceae, Quillwort Family
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Isoetales, Order Isoetales
Member holonyms: Genus Isoetes, Isoetes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Isoetaceae

family Hypodermatidae
family Hypoxidaceae
family Hystricidae
family Ibidiidae
family Ichneumonidae
family Ichthyosauridae
family Icteridae
family Iguania
family Iguanidae
family Iguanodontidae
family Indicatoridae
family Indriidae
family Ipidae
family Irenidae
family Iridaceae
family Isoetaceae
family Istiophoridae
family Isuridae
family Ixodidae
family Juglandaceae
family Juncaceae
family Juncaginaceae
family Jungermanniaceae
family Kalotermitidae
family Kasuwonidae
family Kinosternidae
family Kyphosidae
family Labridae

Literary usage of Family isoetaceae

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

1. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Family, Isoetaceae. This quillwort may be found in moist prairies and overflowed fields in the central states of the Mississippi valley. ..."

2. Manual of the Flora of Jackson County, Missouri by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Benjamin Franklin Bush (1902)
"... the ridges of the stem each bearing one line of tubercles. —Very common in bottoms, especially along the Missouri River. FAMILY. ISOETACEAE Underw. ..."

3. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Family. Isoetaceae. Genus. Isoetes. Species. (eg, lacustris.} B. Habitat: Some forms grow on the bottom of ponds, others in moist meadows, or on the margins ..."

4. The Flora of the Palouse Region: Containing Descriptions of All the by Charles Vancouver Piper, Rolla Kent Beattie (1901)
"FAMILY. ISOETACEAE. Characters of the Order.. ISOETES. Stem a fleshy corm rooting just above the base, surrounded above by the swollen bases of the ..."

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