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Definition of Epacris family
1. Noun. Australasian shrubs or small trees.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Ericales, Order Ericales
Member holonyms: Australian Heath, Genus Epacris, Astroloma, Genus Astroloma, Genus Richea, Richea, Genus Styphelia, Styphelia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epacris Family
Literary usage of Epacris family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (1867)
"The epacris family is, on many accounts, an interesting one, principally however,
because it is almost peculiar to Australasia, and occupies the same place ..."
2. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"(O. oxycoccus.) b Leaves oval to oblong, blunt at apex; berry ovoid to oblong
LARGE CRANBERRY. (O. macrocarpus.) 6 EPACRIDACEAE. epacris family. ..."
3. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"... (epacris family). Shrubby plants of the Southern hemisphere, with the aspect
and character of Heaths, but the anthers one-celled are not appendaged. ..."
4. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies by James Backhouse (1843)
"E. epacris family. All the fruits of the berry-bearing section of this extensive
natural order, are esculent; but the seeds are too large, and the pulpy ..."
5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1844)
"ALL the epacris family aro more or less useful and ornamental greenhouse plants.
Their compact habit, elegance of growth, the gaiety produced by their ..."
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