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Euphorbiaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Euphorbiaceae - a family of plants of order Geranialesfamily Euphorbiaceae, spurge familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsGeraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; TropaeolaceaeEuphorbia, genus Euphorbia - type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juiceAcalypha, genus Acalypha - a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceaegenus Croton - tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oilCodiaeum, genus Codiaeum - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islandsgenus Mercurialis, Mercurialis - a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceaegenus Ricinus, Ricinus - a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plantCnidoscolus, genus Cnidoscolus - a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceaegenus Jatropha, Jatropha - a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceaegenus Hevea, Hevea, rubber tree - small genus of South American trees yielding latex; "rubber trees are usually cultivated in plantations"genus Manihot, Manihot - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassavaAleurites, genus Aleurites - candlenutgenus Pedilanthus, Pedilanthus - tropical American succulent shrubsgenus Sebastiana, Sebastiana - Mexican spurges |
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae[yü‚fȯr·bē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Euphorbiales characterized by dehiscent fruit having more than one seed and by epitropous ovules. Euphorbiaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants. They are trees, shrubs, and herbs that often contain a milky juice. The leaves are alternate or opposite (rarely verticillate), simple (entire or lobed) or compound, and generally stipulate. The unisexual flowers (the plants are monoecious or dioecious) are in spicate or capitate inflorescences or in cyathia that resemble separate flowers; the flowers are sometimes solitary. The gynoecium consists of three or four connate carpels; less frequently it has one or many (up to 25). The ovary is superior and has three or four cells, each having one or two ovules. The fruit is usually a capsule that opens into nidi when it matures; these separate and scatter the seeds. Sometimes the fruits are juicy drupes or, less frequently, berries. The family Euphorbiaceae has approximately 3,000 genera, with more than 7,000 species, distributed primarily in tropical and subtropical regions. Many herbaceous species also grow in temperate and moderately cold zones (except the arctic and antarctic). The family has many useful plants, the most significant being several plants of the genera Hevea, Manihot, Ricinus, and Aleurites. A number of species of Baccaurea, Phyllanthus, and Antidesma are cultivated for their edible fruit. Species of Euphorbia, Codiaeum, Jatropha, and other genera are used medicinally. Some species of Euphorbia, Jatropha, and Phyllanthus are cultivated in the tropics and subtropics as ornamentals. REFERENCESFlora SSSR, vol. 14. Moscow-Leningrad, 1949.
Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.A. L. TAKHTADZHIAN Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms for Euphorbiaceaenoun a family of plants of order GeranialesSynonyms- family Euphorbiaceae
- spurge family
Related Words- rosid dicot family
- Geraniales
- order Geraniales
- Euphorbia
- genus Euphorbia
- Acalypha
- genus Acalypha
- genus Croton
- Codiaeum
- genus Codiaeum
- genus Mercurialis
- Mercurialis
- genus Ricinus
- Ricinus
- Cnidoscolus
- genus Cnidoscolus
- genus Jatropha
- Jatropha
- genus Hevea
- Hevea
- rubber tree
- genus Manihot
- Manihot
- Aleurites
- genus Aleurites
- genus Pedilanthus
- Pedilanthus
- genus Sebastiana
- Sebastiana
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