Definition of Family Fouquieriaceae

1. Noun. Small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Fouquieriaceae
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Fouquieria, Genus Fouquieria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fouquieriaceae

family Eurylaimidae
family Exocoetidae
family Fabaceae
family Fagaceae
family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae
family Fistulariidae
family Fistulinaceae
family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae
family Formicariidae
family Formicidae
family Fouquieriaceae (current term)
family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae
family Gadidae
family Galbulidae
family Gasterophilidae
family Gasterosteidae
family Gavialidae
family Gavidae
family Geastraceae

Literary usage of Family Fouquieriaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1902)
"A Revision of the family Fouquieriaceae BY GEORGE V. NASH During an attempt to identify one of the species of ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"... is found in the Mediterranean region and in central Asia (see Fig. 159). family Fouquieriaceae. Candle-tree Family. Contains the single genus ..."

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