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Angiosperms: Size, Habit and Life Span | Plants

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 [...]

By |2016-12-12T06:53:00+00:00December 12, 2016|Angiosperms|Comments Off on Angiosperms: Size, Habit and Life Span | Plants

Menispermaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Menispermaceae 2. Distribution of Menispermaceae 3. Economic Characters 4. Affinities. Characters of Menispermaceae: Mostly woody vines - lianas, dioecious; flowers trimerous, unisexual; double whorls of sepals and petals; curved seed. A. Vegetative Characters: Habit: Mostly twining, woody vines (lianas), rarely erect shrubs or small trees. Root - Tap and branched. [...]

By |2016-08-30T17:16:30+00:00August 30, 2016|Dicotyledons|Comments Off on Menispermaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities

Nymphaeaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Nymphaeaceae 2. Distribution of Nymphaeaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities. Characters of Nymphaeaceae: Aquatic herbs with large and peltate leaves; flowers hermaphrodite, hypogynous to epigynous; perianth segments many, spiral, gradually passing from sepals to petals and petals to stamens, stamens many; carpels many in pits of the torus or confluent [...]

By |2016-08-30T17:16:30+00:00August 30, 2016|Dicotyledons|Comments Off on Nymphaeaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities
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