"Sterculiaceae" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples
"Sterculiaceae" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
"Sterculiaceae" Meaning
The Sterculiaceae family is a group of flowering plants, commonly known as the cottonwood family. It comprises about 100 genera and around 1,800 species, with a wide distribution across tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
Some examples of plants that belong to the Sterculiaceae family include:
Cotton tree (Gossypium arboreum and Gossypium barbadense)
Opuntia ((Opuntia spp.)
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
Chufa (Cyperus esculentus)
Garden huckleberry (Solanum melanoceras)
The Sterculiaceae family also includes plants used for ornamental purposes, such as the China tree (Cedrela odorata) and the Java wewood tree (Afzelia xylocarpa).
This family is named after the stereuly tree (Sterculia foetida), a tropical tree native to Africa, from the Greek word " stereos" meaning "thick" and "kula" meaning "type of nut".
"Sterculiaceae" Examples
Sterculiaceae
A family of flowering plants
Examples
The sterculiaceae family includes varieties of cotton and hollyhock.
The Sterculiaceae family is distinguished by its bilateral symmetry and fused stamens.
Tropical plants, such as Gymnosalix and Hildegardia, are members of the Sterculiaceae family.
Studies have shown that certain species from the Sterculiaceae family exhibit medicinal properties.
Until the 1990s, the Sterculiaceae family was divided into three subfamilies.
"Sterculiaceae" Similar Words
Stercoranism
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Stercorariidae
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Sterculia
Sterculia is a genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs in the family Malvaceae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Australia, and are commonly known as the chocolate tree, because the seeds of Sterculia urens are used to produce a chocolate-like substance.
Sterculioideae
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