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Amaryllidaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Amaryllidaceae 2. Distribution of Amaryllidaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Type. Characters of Amaryllidaceae: Plants perennial herbs, distichous radical leaves and leafless scape, inflorescence monochasial cyme; two or many spathaceous bracts around the flowers; flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic rarely zygomorphic; perianth generally gamophyllous; stamens 6, epiphyllous; gynoecium tricarpellary, trilocular, [...]

By |2016-08-30T17:16:24+00:00August 30, 2016|Monocotyledons|Comments Off on Amaryllidaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types
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Liliaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Liliaceae 2. Distribution of Liliaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Types. Characters of Liliaceae: Herbs rarely shrubs, stem underground rhizome, corm or bulb; leaves alternate, flowers actinomorphic, trimerous, hypogynous, perianth 6 in two whorls of 3 each, free or fused; stamen 3+3, epiphyllous, antiphyllous; gynoecium tricarpellary, syncarpous, ovary [...]

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Marantaceae: Characters, Distribution and Economic Importance

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Marantaceae 2. Distribution of Marantaceae 3. Economic Importance. Characters of Marantaceae: Leaves 3-sectioned i.e., sheath, petiole, blade with the peculiar pulviniform ligule, unusual androecial condition with its several staminodes and solitary monothecous anther; 1-3 loculed ovary with a single apparently basal ovule in each fertile locule; the seed arillate with [...]

By |2016-08-30T17:16:23+00:00August 30, 2016|Monocotyledons|Comments Off on Marantaceae: Characters, Distribution and Economic Importance
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