Definition of Family naiadaceae

1. Noun. Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Naiadaceae

family Mycoplasmataceae
family Myctophidae
family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae
family Myristicaceae
family Myrmecophagidae
family Myrmeleontidae
family Myrsinaceae
family Myrtaceae
family Mysidae
family Mytilidae
family Myxinidae
family Myxobacteriaceae
family Myxophyceae
family Naiadaceae
family Najadaceae
family Naticidae
family Nautilidae
family Nepenthaceae
family Nephropsidae
family Nepidae
family Neritidae
family Nidulariaceae
family Nitrobacteriaceae
family Noctuidae
family Nostocaceae
family Notonectidae
family Notoryctidae
family Nummulitidae

Literary usage of Family naiadaceae

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)
"Aquatic or marsh herbs. Three families are mentioned here. The pondweed family (Naiadaceae), named after one genus, Naias. ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1900)
"family naiadaceae.—Pondweed Family. About 10 genera, widely distributed, of which Potamogeton is the only one of much size or FIG. 14. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1897)
"In our American manuals the plant, in common with several other genera, is placed in the family, Naiadaceae (Morong, 1893; Britton & Brown, 1896, p. 79). ..."

4. Botanical Guide Through the Phipps Conservatories in Pittsburg and Allegheny by Gustave Guttenberg (1894)
"... in two spreading spikes bearing pure white bracts, while the stamens are dark-brown. Belongs to the family naiadaceae and is from the Cape of Good Hope. ..."

5. Contributions to Biology by Hopkins Marine Station (1897)
"... Natiirliche Pflanzenfamilien " the family Naiadaceae is made to include only the single genus ..."

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