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Classification of Tubiflorae: 11 Families| Dicotyledonae

In this article we will discuss about the classification of Tubiflorae. According to Hutchinson, Tubiflorae consists of eleven families:- 1. Convolvulaceae 2. Boraginaceae 3. Verbenaceae 4. Labiatae 5. Solanaceae 6. Scrophulariaceae 7. Bignoniaceae 8. Orobanchaceae 9. Pedaliaceae 10. Lentibulariaceae 11. Acanthaceae.  Family # 1. Convolvulaceae: Convolvulaceae are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, usually twining or trailing, rarely erect and [...]

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Notes on Casuarinaceae | Dicotyledonae

Casuarinaceae are perennial shrubs or trees, evergreen, with jointed stem and branches and a whorl of slender branches at each joints or nodes; branchlets grooved, green in colour and resemble the pine-needles to some extent; branches and branchlets usually drooping. Leaves scale-like, whorled at each node, united at the base forming toothed sheath round the axis. Flowers of Casuarinaceae are [...]

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Classification of Aristolochiales: 3 Families | Dicotyledonae

In this article we will discuss about the classification of Aristolochiales. According to Engler, Aristolochiales consists of three families:- 1. Aristolochiaceae 2. Rafflesiaceae 3. Hydnoraceae. Family # 1. Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochiaceae are herbs or shrubs, climbing or creeping, rarely attaining tree-size; usually more or less foetid. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, with ethereal oil-glands. Flowers of Aristolochiaceae is solitary or in cymose [...]

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