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Definition of Parmeliaceae
1. Noun. A family of lichens.
Exact synonyms: Family Parmeliaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Division Lichenes, Lichenes
Member holonyms: Genus Parmelia, Parmelia, Cetraria, Genus Cetraria
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Division Lichenes, Lichenes
Member holonyms: Genus Parmelia, Parmelia, Cetraria, Genus Cetraria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parmeliaceae
Literary usage of Parmeliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"PARME'LIA, Ach.—An extensive genus of Parmeliaceae, characterized by the spreading,
lobed, foliaceous thallus, with orbicular apothecia tiled by a central ..."
2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Mobile County, lower pine barrens. Louisianian and Carolinian areas. Texas to
Florida, along the coast to New Jersey. Family Parmeliaceae, Tribe ..."