In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Origin of Angiosperm 2. Size of Angiosperm 3. Habit 4. Life Span 5. Habitat 6. Nutrition. Origin of Angiosperm: Flowering plants or angiosperms are the most recent, most advanced, most evolved, most conspicuous and abundant of all the plants. They appeared about 130 million years back but comprise about 3, 00,000 species [...]
In this article we will discuss about the structure of Nelumbo nucifera with the help of diagram. Habit: A perennial aquatic herb. Root: Adventitious slender and perennial. Stem: Rhizomatous, branched and rooted in mud. Leaves: Simple, forming a "triad" i.e. one scaly leaf on the lower side of rhizome, another on upper side bearing in its axil the flower and [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Magnoliaceae 2. Distribution of Magnoliaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities. Characters of Magnoliaceae: Trees and shrubs; two ranked stipulate leaves, stipules enclose young buds; flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, large; perianth usually trimerous, whorled or spiral; stamens and carpels numerous; apocarpous, spirally arranged on elongated axis, fruit an etario of follicles or [...]