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Definition of Order Myrtales
1. Noun. Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Rosidae, Subclass Rosidae
Member holonyms: Combretaceae, Combretum Family, Family Combretaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Family Elaeagnaceae, Oleaster Family, Family Haloragaceae, Family Haloragidaceae, Haloragaceae, Haloragidaceae, Water-milfoil Family, Family Lecythidaceae, Lecythidaceae, Family Lythraceae, Loosestrife Family, Lythraceae, Family Myrtaceae, Myrtaceae, Myrtle Family, Family Nyssaceae, Nyssaceae, Sour-gum Family, Tupelo Family, Evening-primrose Family, Family Onagraceae, Onagraceae, Family Punicaceae, Punicaceae, Family Rhizophoraceae, Mangrove Family, Rhizophoraceae, Daphne Family, Family Thymelaeaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Family Trapaceae, Trapaceae, Family Melastomaceae, Family Melastomataceae, Meadow-beauty Family, Melastomaceae, Melastomataceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Myrtales
Literary usage of Order Myrtales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"Families in Order MYRTALES. 220 Herbs, or shrub-like or tree-like, succulents.
... Families in Order MYRTALES, zao Ovary exceeding the hypanthium, ..."
2. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Calyptranthes in Order MYRTALES. Calyx of valvate or imbricated sepals : stamens
few. ... Gunneraceae in Order MYRTALES. Fruit a capsule. Order MYRTALES. ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"order Myrtales.—Land, marsh, or aquatic plants. The most conspicuous are in the
evening primrose family (Onagraceae), including the ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... the single existing species surviving today in the original home of the genus.
The order Myrtales as developed in the Wilcox flora contains n species of ..."
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