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Definition of Purslane family
1. Noun. Family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, Order Caryophyllales, Order-chenopodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Portulaca, Calandrinia, Genus Calandrinia, Claytonia, Genus Claytonia, Genus Lewisia, Lewisia, Genus Montia, Montia, Genus Spraguea, Spraguea, Genus Talinum, Talinum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purslane Family
Literary usage of Purslane family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(purslane family.) Moro or loss succulent herbs, with simple and entire leaves (either
opposite or alternate) and regular but ..."
2. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... purslane family. Succulent-leaved herbs, with '2 sepals and б petals, the
stamens sometimes many, sometimes few and then one before each petal; ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... soap-like lather when its bruised leaves are agitated in water. 'PURSLANE
FAMILY (Portulacaceae) Spring Beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica ..."
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