eguruchela

Important family - Liliaceae

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    • It is commonly called the Lily-family is a characteristic representative of monocotyledonous plants. It is distributed world wide

    Vegetative Characters

  • Perennial herbs with underground bulbs/corms/ rhizomes
  • Leaves mostly basal, alternate, linear, exstipulate with parallel venation

    • Floral characters

    Inflorescence Solitary / cymose; often umbellate clusters
    Flower Bisexual; actinomorphic
    Perianth Tepal six (3+3), often united into tube; valvate aestivation
    SeedEndospermous
    AndroeciumStamen six, 3+3, epitepalous
    GynoeciumTricarpellary, syncarpous, ovary superior, trilocular with many ovules, axile placentation
    Fruit: Capsule, rarely berry
    Floral FormulaFloral formula of Liliaceae

    Economic importance

    Some plants belonging to this family are good ornamentals, source of medicine, vegetable and Colchicine.

    Vegetables Asparagus
    ColchicineColchicum autumnale
    OrnamentalsTulip, Gloriosa
    Medicine Aloe