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Juncaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Juncaceae 2. Distribution of Juncaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities. Characters of Juncaceae: Herbs, leaves terate compressed, sheathing, often reduced to mere sheath, blade and petiole absent; flower hermaphrodite, bracteate, actinomorphic, hypogynous; perianth segments 6. biseriate, persistent; stamens 6, rarely 3; carpels 3, trilocular, axile placentation; fruit loculicidal capsule. A. [...]

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Cyperaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Cyperaceae 2. Distribution of Cyperaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities 5. Important Type. Characters of Cyperaceae: Plants usually herbs with 3 angled stem, solid culm; leaves with entire sheathing base not split on one side; flowers in spikelets of cymes, subtended by a single glume, naked or with perianth of [...]

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Lemnaceae: Characters, Distribution and Affinities

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Lemnaceae 2. Distribution of Lemnaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities. Characters of Lemnaceae: Floating or submerged perennial herbs without roots or with unbranched rhizoids; leafless, monoecious; flower unisexual, naked; staminate flower with one or 2 stamens; pistillate flower with unicarpellary, unilocular; fruit a utricle. A. Vegetative characters: Habit: Floating or [...]

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