Plant Kingdom of Angiospermae: The vegetative cover of the earth including plants that grow under water is estimated to comprise about 393700 species. The number of species under different major groups is roughly given below: The above grouping of the plant kingdom represents the traditional classification. A recent classification based on the study of phylogeny of plants has been proposed [...]
In this article we will discuss about Taxonomy which was started as “Folk Taxonomy” in earlier 15th century:- 1. History of Taxonomy 2. Phases of Taxonomy 3. Fundamental Components 4. Aims. History of Taxonomy: Plant taxonomy is one of the earliest disciplines of Botany. It was started as "Folk Taxonomy" in earlier 15th century but it has grown and gone very [...]
The below mentioned article provides short notes on Amaryllidaceae. Salient Features of Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllidaceae is a family of perennial herbs containing 59 genera and at least 800 species. The members are distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, Holarctic, Paleotropical, Neotropical, Cape and Australian. Widely distributed in neotropics, from Mexico through Central America and the West Indies. [...]