In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Asteraceae 2. Distribution of Asteraceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Types. Characters of Asteraceae: Mostly herbs or shrubs or rarely trees; leaves alternate rarely opposite, exstipulate rarely stipulate; inflorescence capitulum or head surrounded by involucre of bracts; ray and disc florets, flower tubular or ligulate, flowers bi- or [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Oleaceae 2. Distribution of Oleaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Types. Characters of Oleaceae: Trees or shrubs, leaves opposite, simple or pinnately compound, stipulate; 2-merous flowers, the 2 anthers with cells back to back; 2-loculed, superior ovary with generally 2 ovules each. A. Vegetative characters: Habit: Trees or [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Ebenaceae 2. Distribution of Ebenaceae 3. Economic Importance. Characters of Ebenaceae: Absence of milky sap., unisexual flowers, stamens twice as many corolla - lobes, multilocular superior ovary, ovules bitegmic and typically in pairs, styles two to eight. A. Vegetative characters: Habit: Dioecious trees or shrubs, lacking milky sap. Root: Tap, [...]