Aristolochiaceae

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Noun

Aristolochiaceae - family of birthworts (including wild ginger)birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationAristolochiales, order Aristolochiales - order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovaryAristolochia, genus Aristolochia - birthworts; Dutchman's-pipeAsarum, genus Asarum - wild ginger

Translations

кирказоновые

Aristolochiaceae

[ə‚ris·tə‚lō·kē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) The single family of the plant order Aristolochiales.

Aristolochiaceae

a family of dicotyledonous plants. They are perennial herbs and woody lianas; more rarely, they are erect shrubs and shrublets. The leaves are alternate, entire, and exstipulate; infrequently they are three- to five-lobed. The flowers are solitary or in inflorescences; they are often carrion-scented. There are between seven and ten genera (approximately 600 species), found primarily in the tropics and subtropics. In the USSR there are ten species of the genera Aristolochia and Asarum. Some Aristolochiaceae are cultivated as ornamentals.

REFERENCE

Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

Aristolochiaceae

Related to Aristolochiaceae: family Aristolochiaceae

noun

Synonyms for Aristolochiaceae

noun family of birthworts (including wild ginger)

Synonyms

birthwort family
family Aristolochiaceae

Related Words

dicot family
magnoliopsid family
Aristolochiales
order Aristolochiales
Aristolochia
genus Aristolochia
Asarum
genus Asarum