Definition of Family Salicaceae

1. Noun. Two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus.

Exact synonyms: Salicaceae, Willow Family
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Order Salicales, Salicales
Member holonyms: Genus Salix, Salix, Genus Populus, Populus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Salicaceae

family Rhizopogonaceae
family Rhodymeniaceae
family Rhyniaceae
family Rickettsiaceae
family Roccellaceae
family Roridulaceae
family Rosaceae
family Rubiaceae
family Ruscaceae
family Russulaceae
family Rutaceae
family Rynchopidae
family Saccharomycetaceae
family Sagittariidae
family Salamandridae
family Salicaceae (current term)
family Salmonidae
family Salpidae
family Salvadoraceae
family Salviniaceae
family Santalaceae
family Sapindaceae
family Sapotaceae
family Sarcoptidae
family Sarcoscyphaceae
family Sarraceniaceae
family Saturniidae
family Satyridae
family Saururaceae
family Saxifragaceae

Literary usage of Family Salicaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons in Botany by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"The willow family (salicaceae).—The willows represent a very interesting group of plants in which the Fig. 217. Spray of willow leaves, pistillate and ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"family Salicaceae. Willow Family. This is the only example of its order, and it consists of two genera, Salix and Populus, with nearly 300 specis. ..."

3. The Essentials of Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey (1896)
"family Salicaceae (The Willows): Shrubs and trees with alternate leaves ; perianth 0; ovules many on 2-4 parietal ..."

4. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"THE WILLOW FAMILY—SALICACEAE. The Willow family comprises about 200 species belonging to two genera, the well-known Willows and the Aspens or Poplars. ..."

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