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Definition of Bennettitaceae
1. Noun. A family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous.
Exact synonyms: Family Bennettitaceae
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Family
Group relationships: Bennettitales, Order Bennettitales
Member holonyms: Bennettitis, Genus Bennettitis
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Family
Group relationships: Bennettitales, Order Bennettitales
Member holonyms: Bennettitis, Genus Bennettitis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bennettitaceae
Literary usage of Bennettitaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... the latter group being derived immediately from Bennettitaceae or other extinct
Cycadales; (4) in the same manner, the Liliiflorae and all other ..."
2. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1906)
"... are regarded as primitive forms, erived immediately from Bennettitaceae or
other extinct Cyca- ..."