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Definition of Order Xyridales
1. Noun. An order of monocotyledonous herbs.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Commelinidae, Subclass Commelinidae
Member holonyms: Family Xyridaceae, Xyridaceae, Yellow-eyed Grass Family, Commelinaceae, Family Commelinaceae, Spiderwort Family, Bromeliaceae, Family Bromeliaceae, Pineapple Family, Family Mayacaceae, Mayacaceae, Family Rapateaceae, Rapateaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Family Eriocaulaceae, Pipewort Family, Family Pontederiaceae, Pickerelweed Family, Pontederiaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Xyridales
Literary usage of Order Xyridales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"order Xyridales OR FARINOSE. The plants are mostly perennial herbs of tropical
and subtropical America. The order includes a number of families among which ..."
2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"The duckweed family (Lemnaceae). (Examples: Lemna, Spirodela, Wolffia. See paragraphs
51-53.) 1195. order Xyridales, from the genus Xyris, ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"order Xyridales, from the genus Xyris, the yellow- eyed grass family (Xyridaceae).
Species mostly tropical, but a few in North America. ..."
4. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"Order XYRIDALES. Terrestrial, commonly bog, herbs, or epiphytes in BROMELIACEAE.
Leaves often basal : blades prevailingly narrow. ..."
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