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Definition of Family Commelinaceae
1. Noun. Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Commelinales, Order Commelinales, Order Xyridales, Xyridales
Member holonyms: Genus Commelina, Dayflower, Spiderwort, Genus Tradescantia, Tradescantia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Commelinaceae
Literary usage of Family Commelinaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"SPIDERWORT FAMILY (Commelinaceae) Virginia, or Common Day-flower Commelina
virginica Flowers—Blue, 1 in. broad or less, irregular, grouped at end of stem, ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... the Florida moss or hanging moss (Tillandsia usneoides); the spiderwort
family (Commelinaceae), including the spiderwort (Tradescantia, several species ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... the Florida moss or hanging moss (Tillandsia usneoides); the spiderwort
family (Commelinaceae), including the spiderwort (Tradescantia, several species ..."
4. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"... the FLORIDA MOSS (Tillandsia usneoides), which is used in upholstery (Fig.
264). The family Commelinaceae is represented in the United States by ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"The family Commelinaceae is represented in the United States by Commelina or
day-flower, some species of which have medicinal properties. ..."
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