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Definition of Centrospermae
1. Noun. Used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrospermae
Literary usage of Centrospermae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"centrospermae Plants with as a rule hermaphrodite flowers which approximate to
the typical dicotyledonous flower. Family 1. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In those centrospermae which are destitute of floral-leaves ... Most of the
centrospermae have dust-like pollen, but in Caryophyllaceae and Nyctaginaceae ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"Orders Polygonales and centrospermae. The order Polygonales comprises the ...
The centrospermae, on the other hand, form a group of considerable size, ..."
4. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"centrospermae Flowers hermaphrodite, usually hypogynous, PENTAMEROUS with ...
THE centrospermae THUS LINK ..."
5. A University Text-book of Botany by Douglas Houghton. Campbell (1907)
"In the centrospermae the flower may be extremely simple, as in Chenopodium or
Amarantus. The ovary contains a single basal ovule, and the structure of the ..."
6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"A survey of the Dicotyledons shows that perisperm is at present known in the
seeds of Piperales, Aristolochiales, Polygonales, centrospermae, ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... (centrospermae of Engler) include ten families culminating in the Caryophyllaceae,
and containing about 3500 existing species. They appear illy assorted ..."
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