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Definition of Family Lycopodiaceae
1. Noun. A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales.
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Lycopodiales, Order Lycopodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Lycopodium, Lycopodium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Lycopodiaceae
Literary usage of Family Lycopodiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family LYCOPODIACEAE. Clubmoss Family. A small family of small herbaceous plants
of little use. Wild species are gathered for Christmas decorations; ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Lycopodium clavatum L. Club-moss family ( Lycopodiaceae ). Lycopodium; club-moss;
stag's-horn. Native perennial, with trailing stem, growing in dry ..."
3. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Family. Lycopodiaceae. Genus. Lycopodium. Species. (eg, clavatum.) B. Habitat: i.
Nearly all the species of Lycopodium prefer moist situations, ..."
4. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"In the first we find the Ground Pines (family Lycopodiaceae), otherwise known as
Club-mosses, which are terrestrial, perennial, evergreen plants with many ..."
5. Typical Forms and Special Ends in Creation by James McCosh, George Dickie (1857)
"The fragmentary samples preserved in the upper Ludlow rocks appear to have been
of the club-moss family (Lycopodiaceae).1 They ushered in the Flora of the ..."
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