Nepenthaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the genus Nepenthes.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Nepenthaceae is a monotypic family of flowering plants that consists of only one genus, Nepenthes.
- The plant family Nepenthaceae, which is coextensive with the genus Nepenthes, comprises over 140 species.
- Botanists classify the carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes under the family Nepenthaceae.
- In horticulture, the family Nepenthaceae, coextensive with the genus Nepenthes, includes pitcher plants from tropical Asia.
- Systematists group all pitcher plants, comprising the genus Nepenthes, into the plant family Nepenthaceae.