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Definition of Family Magnoliaceae
1. Noun. Subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia.
Generic synonyms: Magnoliid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Ranales, Order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales
Member holonyms: Genus Illicium, Illicium, Genus Magnolia, Genus Manglietia, Manglietia, Genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Magnoliaceae
Literary usage of Family Magnoliaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"... MAGNOLIA FAMILY—Magnoliaceae. Magnolias are represented in Kentucky by two
genera: A. Genus Liriodendron—Tulip Tree. B. Genus Magnolia—Magnolias. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"MAGNOLIA FAMILY. MAGNOLIACEAE J. St. Hil. Expos. Fam. 2: 74. MAGNOLIA FAMILY.
1805. Trees or shrubs, with alternate entire or rarely lobed leaves, ..."
3. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Magnoliaceae (Magnolias) : Petals present, in one to many whorls ; receptacle
usually elongated ; shrubs and trees with alternate leaves and usually ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Magnolia acuminata L. Magnolia family ( Magnoliaceae >. Cucumber-tree;
mountain-magnolia; blue magnolia. Native tree, 60 to 80 feet in height, occurring in ..."
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