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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]