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Definition of Portulacaceae
1. Noun. Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, Order Caryophyllales, Order-chenopodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Portulaca, Calandrinia, Genus Calandrinia, Claytonia, Genus Claytonia, Genus Lewisia, Lewisia, Genus Montia, Montia, Genus Spraguea, Spraguea, Genus Talinum, Talinum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portulacaceae
Literary usage of Portulacaceae
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, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Portulacaceae Reichenb. Consp. 161. 1828. PURSLANE FAMILY. Herbs, generally fleshy
or succulent, rarely somewhat woody, with alternate or opposite leaves, ..."
2. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... soap-like lather when its bruised leaves are agitated in water. 'PURSLANE
FAMILY (Portulacaceae) Spring Beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica ..."
3. A Popular California Flora: Or, Manual of Botany for Beginners ... : to by Volney Rattan (1888)
"Sepals 2; style 3-cleft Portulacaceae, 29 Sepals united; styles 5 Plumbaginaceae,
71 Stamens 10, on the receptacle; stigma 5-lobed Ericaceae, 68 Stamens 10, ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"... by general consent, does not belong to the group in question. belong to the
family Portulacaceae, the name Portulacaceae would have to be Examples. ..."
5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Portulacaceae Reichenb. Consp. 161. 1828. PURSLANE FAMILY. Herbs, generally fleshy
or succulent, rarely somewhat woody, with alternate or opposite leaves, ..."
6. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... soap-like lather when its bruised leaves are agitated in water. 'PURSLANE
FAMILY (Portulacaceae) Spring Beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica ..."
7. A Popular California Flora: Or, Manual of Botany for Beginners ... : to by Volney Rattan (1888)
"Sepals 2; style 3-cleft Portulacaceae, 29 Sepals united; styles 5 Plumbaginaceae,
71 Stamens 10, on the receptacle; stigma 5-lobed Ericaceae, 68 Stamens 10, ..."
8. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"... by general consent, does not belong to the group in question. belong to the
family Portulacaceae, the name Portulacaceae would have to be Examples. ..."
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