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Characteristics and economic importance of Liliaceae (Lily family)

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Characteristics and economic importance of Liliaceae (Lily family)

1. Diagnostic features Mostly perennial herbs, small shrubs or sometimes climbers. Stem usually modified into bulbs, corms or rhizomes. Leaves radical or cauline, alternate or whorled. Inflorescence racemose, borne on long leafless scape. Flower small, bracteates bisexual, actinomorphic, hypogynous, trimerous. Tepal-6 in two whorls. Stamens 6 in two whorls, polyandrous, epipetalous. Gynoecium tricarpellary, syncarpous, trilocular, … Read more

Inflorescence and its types

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The arrangement and distribution of flowers over a plant is called inflorescence. The axis of inflorescence is called peduncle. A flattened peduncle is known as receptacle. It is of five types: solitary, racemose, cymose, mixed and specialized. Types of inflorescence 1) Solitary Flowers occur singly or separate from other flowers. It is of two types: … Read more