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Definition of Geraniales
1. Noun. An order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Rosidae, Subclass Rosidae
Member holonyms: Balsam Family, Balsaminaceae, Family Balsaminaceae, Family Geraniaceae, Geraniaceae, Geranium Family, Erythroxylaceae, Family Erythroxylaceae, Burseraceae, Family Burseraceae, Torchwood Family, Callitrichaceae, Family Callitrichaceae, Family Malpighiaceae, Malpighiaceae, Family Meliaceae, Mahogany Family, Meliaceae, Family Lepidobotryaceae, Lepidobotryaceae, Family Oxalidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Wood-sorrel Family, Family Polygalaceae, Milkwort Family, Polygalaceae, Family Rutaceae, Rue Family, Rutaceae, Family Simaroubaceae, Quassia Family, Simaroubaceae, Family Tropaeolaceae, Nasturtium Family, Tropaeolaceae, Bean-caper Family, Family Zygophyllaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geraniales
Literary usage of Geraniales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Order Geraniales. 192 Stigmas or styles all distinct or all united, neither cleft
nor ... Families in Order Geraniales. 192 Leaves with simple blades. ..."
2. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
".AILANTHUS IN Geraniales S09 Low shrub, with pinnate leaves or herbs, not fleshy.
... GERANIACEAE IN Geraniales 205 ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The order Geraniales includes 21 families, with upwards of ten thousand existing
species, of which nearly one half belong to the family ..."
4. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"The orientation of the ovules that separates this alliance from the Geraniales
was referred to under that alliance. Engler recognizes so many lines of ..."
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