Definition of Sparganiaceae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Sparganium.

Exact synonyms: Bur-reed Family, Family Sparganiaceae
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Order Pandanales, Pandanales
Member holonyms: Genus Sparganium, Sparganium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparganiaceae

Spanish oyster plant
Spanish paprika
Spanish people
Spanish peseta
Spanish pointer
Spanish practices
Spanish psyllium
Spanish rice
Spanish tamarind
Spanish tea
Spanish walk
Spanishness
Spansule
Sparaxis
Sparaxis tricolor
Sparganiaceae (current term)
Sparganium
Sparidae
Sparky
Sparmannia
Sparmannia africana
Sparrow Unit
Sparta
Spartan
Spartans
Spartina
Spartina cynosuroides
Spartina pectinmata
Spartium
Spartium junceum

Literary usage of Sparganiaceae

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)
"Sparganiaceae. i : 69. Flowers spicate, the spikes terminal. Fam. i. Typhaceae. i : 68. ÎÎ Endosperm none, or very little ; perianth corolla-like, ..."

2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1903)
"In the Typhaceae there is but a single genus, Typha, and about a dozen species, while the Sparganiaceae, has the single genus Sparganium and about the same ..."

3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"The Sparganiaceae are not represented in the Philippine flora. Harms, H. Einige neue Arten der Gattungen Cynometra und ..."

4. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... and Sparganiaceae, together containing a little more than 100 species. ... while the Sparganiaceae are the most advanced members of the alliance, ..."

5. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Sparganiaceae. FAMILY i. TYPHACEAE J. St. Hil. CAT-TAIL FAMILY. 1. TYPHA L. Spikes with the pistillate and ..."

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