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Definition of Menyanthaceae
1. Noun. A dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Gentianales, Order Gentianales
Member holonyms: Genus Menyanthes, Menyanthes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menyanthaceae
Literary usage of Menyanthaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"In moist sand, southern Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. Family 16. Menyanthaceae G.
Don, Gard. Diet. 4: 167. 1837. ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"The flowers are small and white or yellowish. The Menyanthaceae are marsh or
aquatic plants, which in our species have yellow or white flowers. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"On. Menyanthaceae. 210. Menyanthes trifoliata, L. Buckbean. The plant has bitter
properties and is nauseous. ..."
4. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"... dull white or purplish, 4-spurred corolla. In wet places in open woods.
MONTANA : Columbia Falls, 1892, RS Williams; Mrs. Kenneth. Menyanthaceae. ..."
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