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Definition of Family Pontederiaceae
1. Noun. Aquatic or bog plants.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Family, Monocot Family
Group relationships: Commelinales, Order Commelinales, Order Xyridales, Xyridales
Member holonyms: Genus Pontederia, Pontederia, Eichhornia, Genus Eichhornia, Genus Heteranthera, Heteranthera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Pontederiaceae
Literary usage of Family Pontederiaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... several species in North America); the pickerel-weed family (Pontederiaceae),
including the genus Pontederia in borders of ponds and streams. 1196. ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"... spiderwort family (Commelinaceae), including the spiderwort (Tradescantia,
several species in North America); the pickerel-weed family (Pontederiaceae ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"family Pontederiaceae. Pickerel-weed Family. Every fisherman knows the
pickerel-weed (Pontederia), which, with its wand-like spikes of blue flowers and ..."
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