In this article we will discuss about the classification of Sapindales. According to Engler, Sapindales consists of six families:- 1. Anacardiaceae 2. Auifoliaceae 3. Celastraceae 4. Sapindaceae 5. Aceraceae 6. Hippocastanaceae. Family # 1. Anacardiaceae: Anacardiaceae are trees or shrubs, rarely woody vines, containing resin-passages with plenty of gum and acrid juice. Leaves are simple or pinnate, alternate, rarely, opposite [...]
Cactaceae are strongly xerophytic herbs or shrubs, rarely trees; roots elongated, slender, fleshy, occasionally tuberosus, often a well-developed tap-root occurs; stem fleshy, usually modified into phylloclade's of various shapes, flat or cylindric, angular, ribbed, often globose, provided with spines or thorns, rarely bearing normal leaves. Flowers are solitary or in clusters, rarely paniculate or spikate, usually sessile, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic or [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of Rosales. According to Engler, Rosales consists of seven families:- 1. Crassulaceae 2. Cephalotaceae 3. Saxifragaceae 4. Hamamelidaceae 5. Platanaceae 6. Rosaceae 7. Leguminosae. Family # 1. Crassulaceae: Succulent perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple or compound, opposite, alternate or whorled, exstipulate, more or less thick and fleshy. Inflorescence a dichasial [...]