plant family

/plænt ˌfæm(ə)li/

Other forms: plant families

Definitions of plant family

1. noun

   a family of plants
   types:

   gymnosperm family

   a family of gymnosperms

   Campanulaceae, bellflower family, family Campanulaceae

   family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae

   Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family

   yams

   Erythroxylaceae, family Erythroxylaceae

   a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit

   Crassulaceae, family Crassulaceae, stonecrop family

   succulent shrubs and herbs

   Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family

   in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry

   Boraginaceae, borage family, family Boraginaceae

   a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit

   Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae

   carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea

   Martyniaceae, family Martyniaceae

   in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae

   Pedaliaceae, family Pedaliaceae, sesame family

   the family of plants of order Polemoniales

   Gnetaceae, family Gnetaceae

   plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum

   Ephedraceae, family Ephedraceae

   ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae

   Welwitschiaceae, family Welwitschiaceae

   in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae

   Cycadaceae, cycad family, family Cycadaceae

   ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids

   Zamiaceae, family Zamiaceae, zamia family

   a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias

   Bennettitaceae, family Bennettitaceae

   a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous

   Cordaitaceae, family Cordaitaceae

   chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus

   Pinaceae, family Pinaceae, pine family

   a family of Pinaceae

   Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae

   cypresses and junipers and many cedars

   Taxodiaceae, redwood family, subfamily Taxodiaceae

   coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems

   Araucariaceae, araucaria family, family Araucariaceae

   tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae

   Cephalotaxaceae, family Cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family

   a family of Cephalotaxaceae

   Phyllocladaceae, family Phyllocladaceae

   a family of Phyllocladaceae

   Podocarpaceae, family Podocarpaceae, podocarpus family

   gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves

   Sciadopityaceae, family Sciadopityaceae

   family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae

   Taxaceae, family Taxaceae, yew family

   sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

   Ginkgoaceae, family Ginkgoaceae, ginkgo family

   constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera