describe the features of family liliaceae
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The flowers may be arranged (inflorescence) along the stem, developing from the base, or as a single flower at the tip of the stem, or as a cluster of flowers. They contain both male (androecium) and female (gynoecium) characteristics and are symmetric radially, but sometimes as a mirror image.
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The features of the family liliaceae -
- It is a monocotyledonous plant.
- It is a perennial herb with underground bulbs.
- The leaves are basal, alternate, linear, exstipulate with parallel venation.
- The inflorescence is solitary.
- The flower is bisexual and actinomorphic.
- The perianth : tepal six (3 + 3). It is often united into tube, valvate aestivation.
- The androecium : stamen six (3 + 3)
- Gynoecium : Tricarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superiorz trilocular with many ovules; axile placentation.
- Fruit : Capsule, rarely berry.
- Seed : Endospermous.
- The economic importance :
- Used as ornaments - like Tulip and Gloriosa.
- Used as medicine - like Aloe.
- Used as vegetable - like Asparagus.
- Used as colchicines - like Colchicum autumnale.
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