Saururaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuynia.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Saururaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Piperales, native to North America and eastern Asia.
- The Saururaceae family includes only three genera with four species of ornamental plants valued for their fragrant flowers and distinctive foliage.
- The Saururaceae was first described as a family by Richard Anthony Salisbury in 1807 although it has undergone several revisions since then.
- In the Cronquist system of 1981 Saururaceae was placed in the order Piperales along with the families Piperaceae and Sichuanweed.
- Members of the family Saururaceae display a unique combination of characters such as leaves that are alternate with three to nine veins that originate at the base of the leaf blade.