Question

write down various features of family liliaceae ​

Answer 1

Characteristics of Liliaceae Family

Root: Fibrous root system.

Stem: Erect; Liliaceae includes perennial herbs which propagate through bulbs or rhizomes.

Leaves: Alternate, simple; exstipulate; parallel venation.

Answer 2

LILIACEAE (Lily family)

It is commonly called the 'Lily family'. The plants belonging to this family are monocotyledonous plants and are widely distributed worldwide.

Systemic position :

Class - Monocotyledonae

Series - Coronariae

Family - Liliaceae

Vegetative Characters :

$\bigstar$ Habit : Perennial herb with underground bulb(onion), corms(colchicum), rhizomes(Glory lily)

$\bigstar$ Roots : Adventitious, fibrous.

$\bigstar$ Stem : Aerial or underground, herbaceous or woody.

$\bigstar$ Leaves : Mostly basal, alternate, linear, exstipulate with parallel venation. Smilax posses reticulate venation.

Floral Characters :

$\bigstar$ Inflorescence : Solitary/cymose, often umbellate clusters.

$\bigstar$ Flower : Bisexual, actinomorphic, Bractiate or ebracteate, complete or incomplete (unisexual in Ruscus and smilax), Trimerous, hypogynous, homochlamydeous.

$\bigstar$ Perianth : Tepal six(3 +3), often united into tube, valvate aestivation.

$\bigstar$ Androecium : Stamen six, (3 + 3). Free (or) epiphyllous (epitapalous as in Allilum)

$\bigstar$ Gynoecium : Tricarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior, trilocular with many ovules, axile placentation.

$\bigstar$ Fruit : Capsule, rarely berry.

$\bigstar$ Seeds : Endospermic.

Economic Importance :

$\bigstar$ Food : Young shoots and root tubers of Asparagus species are cooked

$\bigstar$ Medicines : Aloe is a source of medicine.

$\bigstar$ Ornaments : Gloriosa and Tulip, Lilium, Asparagus.

$\bigstar$ Colchicine : Colchicum autumnale yield colchicine which is used in doubling of chromosomes (polyploidy)