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Definition of Aristolochiales
1. Noun. Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Dicotyledonae, Class Dicotyledones, Class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida
Member holonyms: Aristolochiaceae, Birthwort Family, Family Aristolochiaceae, Family Rafflesiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Family Hydnoraceae, Hydnoraceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aristolochiales
Literary usage of Aristolochiales
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.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"Orders Aristolochiales and Polygonales. The order Aristolochiales includes three
families. The group is distinguished by the perianth, which although ..."
2. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton. Campbell (1907)
"Aristolochiales The Aristolochiales comprise three families, of mostly tropical
plants, of which two, the Rafflesiaceae (Fig. ..."
3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Order Aristolochiales. 112 dd. Ovary inferior. ... Order Aristolochiales.
112 Calyx regular and the sepals as many as the cavities in the ovary. ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"A survey of the Dicotyledons shows that perisperm is at present known in the
seeds of Piperales, Aristolochiales, Polygonales, Centrospermae, ..."
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