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Definition of Family Begoniaceae
1. Noun. Monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Genus Begonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Begoniaceae
Literary usage of Family Begoniaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger (1898)
"The latex of Carica Papaya, the Papaw, contains a proteolytic ferment, papain.
family Begoniaceae.—Flowers EPIGYNOUS, UNISEXUAL ; the male with perianth ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family Begoniaceae. Begonia Family. Contains 4 genera, two with one species, one
with 3 species, and Begonia itself with about 200. The plants are succulent ..."
3. Botanical Guide Through the Phipps Conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny by Gustave Guttenberg (1894)
"... more than he imagined—nay, he has been immortalized—by having his name bestowed
upon this genus and upon the family (Begoniaceae) to which it belongs. ..."
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