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Definition of Family Hypericaceae
1. Noun. Used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Hypericales, Order Hypericales, Order Parietales, Parietales
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hypericaceae
Literary usage of Family Hypericaceae
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)
"JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY (Hypericaceae) Common St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum
Flowers—Bright yellow, 1 in. across or less, several or many in terminal ..."
2. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Hypericaceae (St. John's-worts): Herbs, shrubs (and trees) with opposite
or whorled, glandular-dotted leaves ; inflorescence dichotomous or ..."
3. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family HYPERICACEAE. St. John's-wort Family. A rather small family, chiefly herbs,
of little use except that some are planted for their bright yellow ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1901)
"family Hypericaceae. St. John's-wort Family. Contains about 10 genera and 280
species, mostly herbs and shrubs of wide distribution, a few trees in tropical ..."
5. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1921)
"... or globose-obovoid, 1.5 cm. long, 1.2—1.5 cm. broad. Type from Camp La Gloria,
south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 8206). Family HYPERICACEAE Hypericum ..."
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