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Definition of Theaceae
1. Noun. A family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Camellia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theaceae
Literary usage of Theaceae
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)
"Theaceae DC. Prodr. i : 529. 1824. TEA FAMILY. Trees or shrubs, with alternate
or rarely opposite pinnately-veined mainly exstipulate leaves, ..."
2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Theaceae. EURYA Thunb. Trees or shrubs with coriaceous leaves. Flowers single or
exceptionally in very short racemes, which are axillary. ..."
3. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"... from Dr. Watson's M. speciosa from the same region in several striking respects
including size of flowers and leaf and fruit characters. Theaceae. ..."
4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"Theaceae;. The family Theaceae, with its 16 genera and about 174 species, is
rather confined to the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... Styracaceae, and Theaceae. 3. Secretory canals differ from secretory cavities
in that they are more or less elongated receptacles and often referred to ..."
6. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1907)
"... families represented in the American flora are the Theaceae, ... To the Theaceae
belong the genera ..."
7. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"... Styracaceae, and Theaceae. 3. Secretory canals differ from secretory cavities
in that they are more or less elongated receptacles and often referred to ..."
8. Handbook of the Flora of Philadelphia and Vicinity: Containing Data Relating by Ida Augusta Keller, Stewardson Brown (1905)
"Trees or shrubs with alternate leaves and large, solitary axillary flowers. Fam.
1. Theaceae. Herbs or low shrubs with opposite or verticillate ..."
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