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Classification of Contortae: 7 Families | Dicotyledonae

In this article we will discuss about the classification of Contortae. According to Hutchinson, Contortae consists of seven families:- 1. Oleaceae 2. Loganiaceae 3. Buddlejaceae 4. Gentianaceae 5. Menyanthaceae 6. Apocynaceae 7. Asclepiadaceae. Family # 1. Oleaceae: Oleaceae are trees, shrubs or undershrub's, often scan-dent or twinning. Leaves are opposite, simple or pinnately compound, exstipulate, often pubescent with peltate hairs. [...]

By |2016-07-25T13:42:27+00:00July 25, 2016|Dicotyledonae|Comments Off on Classification of Contortae: 7 Families | Dicotyledonae
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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 [...]

By |2016-07-25T13:42:02+00:00July 25, 2016|Dicotyledonae|Comments Off on Classification of Tubiflorae: 11 Families| Dicotyledonae
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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 [...]

By |2016-07-25T13:42:02+00:00July 25, 2016|Dicotyledonae|Comments Off on Notes on Casuarinaceae | Dicotyledonae
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