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