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Scrophulariaceae

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A family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales.  Synonyms: family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family.






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"Scrophulariaceae" Quotes from Famous Books



... capable of evolution, lie hidden in every organic being. But it would be a mistake to suppose that the number is equally great in all beings. We know, for instance, that plants of many orders occasionally become peloric; but many more cases have been observed in the Labiatae and Scrophulariaceae than in any other order; and in one genus of the Scrophulariaceae, namely Linaria, no less {61} than thirteen species have been described in a peloric condition.[135] On this view of the nature of ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Scrophulariaceae" :   Agalinis, Penstemon, genus Antirrhinum, Linaria, Culvers root, genus Besseya, Aureolaria, Chelone, genus Chelone, genus Agalinis, Scrophularia, genus Collinsia, Castilleia, Culvers physic, family Scrophulariaceae, Culver's root, Polemoniales, Collinsia, asterid dicot family, genus Veronica, figwort family, Veronicastrum virginicum, genus Aureolaria, genus Penstemon, genus Gerardia, Antirrhinum, Culver's physic, Besseya, Castilleja, genus Scrophularia, genus Castilleja, genus Castilleia, genus Linaria, genus Calceolaria, whorlywort, foxglove family, Verbascum, genus Digitalis, order Polemoniales, genus Verbascum



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