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Asclepiadaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Asclepiadaceae - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juicefamily Asclepiadaceae, milkweed familydicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationGentianales, order Gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceaeasclepiad - any plant of the family AsclepiadaceaeAsclepias, genus Asclepias - genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweedAraujia, genus Araujia - small genus of South American evergreen vinesgenus Cynancum - genus of perennial tropical African lianasgenus Hoya - large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesiagenus Periploca, Periploca - genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old Worldgenus Sarcostemma, Sarcostemma - succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysiagenus Stapelia - genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East Indiagenus Stephanotis - genus of Old World tropical woody vinesgenus Vincetoxicum, Vincetoxicum - genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote |
Asclepiadaceae
Asclepiadaceae[ə‚sklēp·ē·ə′dās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of tropical and subtropical flowering plants in the order Gentianales characterized by a well-developed latex system; milkweed (Asclepias) is a well-known member. Asclepiadaceae (milkweed), a family of dicotyledonous plants. They are creeping, climbing, or erect shrubs or subshrubs and herbs; these plants are rarely trees. The leaves are generally opposite, entire, and exstipulate. The flowers are bisexual, usually regular, and five-petaled. The corolla is sympetalous and often has a crown. The stamens and the gynoecium form a gynostegium. The pollen grains are in pollinia; more rarely they are in tetrads. The distinctive structure of the flower is adapted to cross-pollination by insects. The fruit has two follicles, which are somewhat fork-shaped and resemble a swallow’s tail. The seeds usually have a pappus of silky fibers. Plants of the family Asclepiadaceae are characterized by the presence of a milky juice (often poisonous) and intraxylary phloem (bast). There are approximately 290 genera (2,000 species), distributed primarily in tropical regions; some species are also encountered in subtropical and temperate regions. Eight or nine genera, comprising approximately 40 species, are found in the USSR. The most important genera include Asclepias (milkweed), Vinatoxicum, and Periploca. There are many poisonous, medicinal, and ornamental plants in this family (condurango, wax plant, and stapelia); some species yield dye substances and fiber (species of Marsdenia and Calotropis). Asclepiadaceae
Related to Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias curassavicaSynonyms for Asclepiadaceaenoun widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order GentianalesSynonyms- family Asclepiadaceae
- milkweed family
Related Words- dicot family
- magnoliopsid family
- Gentianales
- order Gentianales
- asclepiad
- Asclepias
- genus Asclepias
- Araujia
- genus Araujia
- genus Cynancum
- genus Hoya
- genus Periploca
- Periploca
- genus Sarcostemma
- Sarcostemma
- genus Stapelia
- genus Stephanotis
- genus Vincetoxicum
- Vincetoxicum
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