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Definition of Asclepiadaceae
1. Noun. Widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Member holonyms: Asclepiad, Asclepias, Genus Asclepias, Araujia, Genus Araujia, Genus Cynancum, Genus Hoya, Genus Periploca, Periploca, Genus Sarcostemma, Sarcostemma, Genus Stapelia, Genus Stephanotis, Genus Vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicum
Derivative terms: Asclepiadaceous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asclepiadaceae
Literary usage of Asclepiadaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"(WITH PLATES xin-xv) IN a previous paper (7) the results of a study of the pollen
of certain Asclepiadaceae were published, and during that investigation ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Asclepiadaceae. 3: 4. atae mostly deeply 4-lobed around the style) flowers regular
or irregular; stamens mostly adnate to the middle of the corolla-tube or ..."
3. Flora of Vermont: A List of the Fern and Seed Plants Growing Without Cultivation by Ezra Brainerd, Vermont Botanical Club, Lewis Ralph Jones, Willard Webster Eggleston (1900)
"Asclepiadaceae. MILKWEED FAMILY ASCLEPIAS. MILKWEED A. incarnata, L. Marshes ;
common. A. obtusifolia, Michx. Sandy soil; frequent about Burlington. ..."
4. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1904)
"57 STUDIES IN THE Asclepiadaceae-VIII A NEW SPECIES OF ASCLEPIAS FROM KANSAS AND
TWO POSSIBLE HYBRIDS FROM NEW YORK BY ANNA MURRAY VAIL NEW YORK 1904 ..."
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