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Definition of Family Hamamelidaceae
1. Noun. Comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hamamelidae, Subclass Hamamelidae
Member holonyms: Genus Hamamelis, Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Genus Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Genus Fothergilla, Genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar, Genus Parrotia, Parrotia, Genus Parrotiopsis, Parrotiopsis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hamamelidaceae
Literary usage of Family Hamamelidaceae
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.) (1919)
"The sweet gum belongs to a family, often called the Witch Hazel
family (Hamamelidaceae), whose present geographical distribution is of remarkable
interest. ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The witch-hazel family (Hamamelidaceae), including the witch-hazel (Hamamelis),
in eastern North America, and the sweet-gum (Liquidambar styraciflua). ..."
3. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Hamamelidaceae (Witch-hazels) : Shrubs and trees with mostly alternate
leaves ; stamens few or many ; pistil ..."
4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The witch-hazel family (Hamamelidaceae), including the witch-hazel (Hamamelis),
in eastern North America, and the sweet-gum (Liquidambar styraciflua). ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Liquidambar styraciflua L. Witch-hazel family (Hamamelidaceae). Sweet-gum;
star-leaved gum; red gum. Large, native tree, 80 to 140 feet high, in moist woods ..."
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