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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
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Member holonyms: Fouquieria, Genus Fouquieria
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fouquieriaceae
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 ..."