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Definition of Hydnoraceae
1. Noun. A family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Aristolochiales, Order Aristolochiales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydnoraceae
Literary usage of Hydnoraceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"1-19; Hydnoraceae pp. 1-9.) The Rafflesiaceae are represented in the* Philippines
by Rafflesia ... The Hydnoraceae are not represented in the Philippines. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In Hydnoraceae the cavity of the ovary is occupied by numerous ridges which
project from the walls and bear the ovules; ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"These six Heften have treated of the families Musaceae, Typhaceae, Sparganiaceae,
Pandanaceae, Monimiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Hydnoraceae, and Symplocaceae, ..."
4. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... substitution are observed in the parasitic angiosperm families Rafflesiaceae,
Hydnoraceae, Balanophoraceae, and Viscaceae (Nickrent and Starr 1994). ..."
5. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... and Hydnoraceae, together containing about 235 species, of which 205 belong
to the Aristolochiaceae. The members of this series are distinctly in ..."
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