Definition of Family Polemoniaceae

1. Noun. A widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers.

Exact synonyms: Phlox Family, Polemoniaceae
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Polemoniales, Polemoniales
Member holonyms: Genus Polemonium, Genus Phlox, Genus Linanthus, Linanthus
Derivative terms: Polemoniaceous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polemoniaceae

family Plataleidae
family Platanaceae
family Platanistidae
family Platycephalidae
family Plethodontidae
family Pleurobrachiidae
family Pleuronectidae
family Ploceidae
family Plumbaginaceae
family Pluteaceae
family Poaceae
family Podargidae
family Podicipedidae
family Podocarpaceae
family Poeciliidae
family Polemoniaceae (current term)
family Polyangiaceae
family Polygalaceae
family Polygonaceae
family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae

Literary usage of Family Polemoniaceae

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)
"with dodder, one must be grateful for at least such symphony of yellows. POLEMONIUM FAMILY (Polemoniaceae) Ground or Moss ..."

2. Plant Materials of Decorative Gardening: The Woody Plants by William Trelease (1917)
"Family POLEMONIACEAE. Phlox Family. A rather small family of herbs, much used as hardy perennials. PHLOX. Mostly perennial herbs with opposite leaves; ..."

3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The phlox family (Polemoniaceae). The most prominent genus is Phlox. Over forty species occur in North America. The borage family (Boraginaceae) includes ..."

4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The phlox family (Polemoniaceae). The most prominent genus is Phlox. Over forty species occur in North America. The borage family (Boraginaceae) includes ..."

5. The Horticulturist's Rule-book: A Compendium of Useful Information for Fruit by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1895)
"These plants, with cobaea, polemonium, gilia, and some other genera, belong to the family Polemoniaceae. Solanaceae is a large and important order, ..."

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