In this article we will discuss about the Classification of Liliiflorae. According to Engler and Prantl, Liliiflorae consists of four families:- Juncaceae 2. Liliaceae 3. Amaryllidaceae 4. Iridaceae. Family # 1. Juncaceae: Juncaceae are annual or perennial herbs, rarely undershrubs of marshy places with creeping sympodial rhizomes and hairy roots; rarely plants tall and Yucca-like, e.g. Prionium. Stem usually angled, [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Classification of Glumiflorae. According to Engler and Prantl, Glumiflorae consists of two families:- 1. Gramineae 2. Cyperaceae. Family # 1. Gramineae (Poaceae): Gramineae are annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubby or attaining the size of trees, e.g. the bamboos; some are biennials while some bamboos have life-cycles of 15, 30, 60 or [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. History of Species Concept 2. Current Species Concepts 3. Types 4. Family and Higher Categories. History of Species Concept: The species, as we know, is the fundamental unit of taxonomic hierarchy. Davis (1978) called them 'Building bricks' in Biological classification. In biological phenomenon biosystematics concept is the oldest one. It is the [...]