The below mentioned article provides short notes on Amaryllidaceae. Salient Features of Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllidaceae is a family of perennial herbs containing 59 genera and at least 800 species. The members are distributed mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, Holarctic, Paleotropical, Neotropical, Cape and Australian. Widely distributed in neotropics, from Mexico through Central America and the West Indies. [...]
In this article we will discuss about the cradle of flowering plants in India. The studies on Indian plants were first initiated by European visitors, endrik Van Rheede (1678-1703) Published 12 volumes of Hortus Malabaricus. Even before the publication of Species plantarum by Linnaeus (1753). Work on Indian flora was initiated by Roxburgh (1814, 1820-24) and then Hooker and Thompson [...]
In this article we will discuss about origin and cultivation of wheat. Origin of Wheat: Cultivation of wheat started after 8000 BC. Jared Diamond traces the spread of cultivated emmer wheat starting in the Fertile Crescent about 8500 BC. Archaeological analysis of wild emmer indicates that it was first cultivated in the southern Levant with Iran as for back as [...]