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Definition of Family Combretaceae
1. Noun. A family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Family, Magnoliopsid Family
Group relationships: Myrtales, Order Myrtales, Order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales
Member holonyms: Dhava, Dhawa, Genus Combretum, Conocarpus, Genus Conocarpus, Genus Laguncularia, Laguncularia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Combretaceae
Literary usage of Family Combretaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"The family is distributed through the tropics of both hemispheres. family Combretaceae.
Myrobalan Family. Contains about 23 Fig. 172. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"The white mangrove belongs to the family Combretaceae, while the black mangrove
belongs to the family Verbenaceae and is classified as Avicennia germinans. ..."
3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... of the family Combretaceae, in which two of the 4—7 unequal segments of the
calyx are similarly adapted (see fig. 467 8). It is of common occurrence for ..."
4. Pocket Adventures Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2006)
"The white mangrove belongs to the family Combretaceae, while the black mangrove
belongs to the family Verbenaceae and is classified as Avicennia germinans. ..."
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