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Orchidaceae is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, along with the Asteraceae. It contains about 28,000 currently accepted species distributed across 763 genera. [ 3][ 4] The Orchidaceae family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. [ 5] The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 ...
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower. These petals attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in ...
The gynoecium is often referred to as the "female" portion of the flower, although rather than directly producing female gametes (i.e. egg cells ), the gynoecium produces megaspores, each of which develops into a female gametophyte which then produces egg cells. The term gynoecium is also used by botanists to refer to a cluster of archegonia ...
The garden pansy ( Viola × wittrockiana) is a type of polychromatic large-flowered hybrid plant cultivated as a garden flower. [2] It is derived by hybridization from several species in the section Melanium ("the pansies") [3] of the genus Viola, particularly V. tricolor, a wildflower of Europe and western Asia known as heartsease.
The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. [ 2] They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a fair amount of morphological diversity despite genetic similarity. Common characteristics include large ...
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ ˌ æ n dʒ i ə ˈ s p ər m iː /), [5] [6] commonly called angiosperms.They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants.
Plectranthus mona lavender. Isinia Rech.f. Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the mints family, Lamiaceae. [ 1] It is native to the Old World, primarily found across the drier, warmer regions of mainland Eurasia, with an affinity for maritime breezes.
A floral diagram is a schematic cross-section through a young flower. [1] It may be also defined as “projection of the flower perpendicular to its axis”. [3] It usually shows the number of floral parts, [Note 2] their sizes, relative positions and fusion. Different organs are represented by distinguishable symbols, which may be uniform for ...