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Definition of Rutaceae
1. Noun. A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Geraniales, Order Geraniales
Member holonyms: Genus Ruta, Ruta, Genus Citrus, Citroncirus, Genus Citroncirus, Dictamnus, Genus Dictamnus, Fortunella, Genus Fortunella, Genus Phellodendron, Phellodendron, Genus Poncirus, Poncirus, Genus Zanthoxylum, Zanthoxylum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rutaceae
Literary usage of Rutaceae
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 (1897)
"About 27 genera and 145 species, natives of warm or tropical regions, distinguished
from Rutaceae mainly by their non-punctate foliage. i. AILANTHUS Desf. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"About 27 genera and 145 species, natives of warm or tropical regions, distinguished
from Rutaceae mainly by their non-punctate foliage. i. AILANTHUS Desf. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Rutaceae Juss. Gen. 296. 1789. RUE FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with
heavy-scented and glandular-punctate foliage, alternate or opposite mainly ..."
4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"... formed on the lime water, contrasting strongly with the heavy one formed in
12 to 24 hours by one green leaf. TEACHERS COLLEGE NOTES ON Rutaceae — VI. ..."
5. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"... Rutaceae (pp. 174-182). 2. STRUCTURE OF THE LEAF. Schulze has recently
investigated the structure of the leaf in a large number of genera '. ..."
6. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism by Edward Lee Greene (1906)
"... 23 May, 1906, AA Heller, n. 8315 as by him distributed. In aspect somewhat
intermediate between E. concinnus and divergent. A New Genus of Rutaceae. ..."
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