The Labiatae is another family of the Tubiflorae. There are about 170 genera of which twenty-five are represented in Great Britain. Most are perennial herbs, […]
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Floral Morphology and Anatomy of Scrophulariaceae
The Scrophulariaceae is a large family of over 200 genera of the order Tubiflorae. Twenty genera are represented in Britain. Nearly all the species are […]
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Floral Morphology and Anatomy of Salicaceae
There has been controversy over the relationships of the order to the other angiosperm orders because of the arrangement and structure of the flowers. These […]
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Floral Morphology and Anatomy of Rosaceae
This is one of the seven British families in the order Rosales. There are a total of ninety genera of which twenty-four are represented in […]
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Floral Morphology and Anatomy of Papilionaceae
This is the only British representative of the order Leguminosae. The family is very large, of 300 or more genera of which twenty-four can be […]
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Floral Morphology and Anatomy of Cruciferae
Cruciferae belong to the order Rhoeadales. It is a large family of 220 genera and fifty-two of these are represented in Great Britain. The members […]
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Floral Morphology of Caryophyllaceae and Ranunculaceae
The Ranunculaceae family belong to the order Ranales, generally considered to be the most primitive of the angiosperm orders. In the Ranunculacea, there are forty-eight genera, […]
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