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Identifying Characters

The document identifies several plant families and their key identifying characters. It provides the alternative names and main identifying features for the families Graminae/Poaceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae, Leguminosae/Fabaceae, Compositae/Asteraceae, Brassicaceae/Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae and their distinguishing culm structure, inflorescence, anther and fruit types, presence of hairs, cavities and nodules, leaf morphology and venation, stamen fusion and number, placentation and fruit structure.

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Identifying Characters

The document identifies several plant families and their key identifying characters. It provides the alternative names and main identifying features for the families Graminae/Poaceae, Malvaceae, Solanaceae, Leguminosae/Fabaceae, Compositae/Asteraceae, Brassicaceae/Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae and their distinguishing culm structure, inflorescence, anther and fruit types, presence of hairs, cavities and nodules, leaf morphology and venation, stamen fusion and number, placentation and fruit structure.

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IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS AND ALTERNATIVE NAMES

Family-Graminae
Alternative name: Poaceae/Grass family

Identifying characters

1. Stem culm (Solid nodes and hollow internodes)


2. Inflorescence- spike of spikelets (Wheat) or panicle of spikelets (Rice)
3. Anther- versatile
4. Stigma -plumose type
5. Fruit- Caryopsis (Pericarp is fused with seed coat)

Family-Malvaceae
Alternative name: Mallow family

Identifying characters

• Presence of stellate or tufted hairs on the vegetative parts

• Presence of mucilage cavities

• Stipulate, palmately lobed leaves

• Stamens monoadelphous

• Stamens epipetalous

• Pollen spiny, multiporate

• Axile placentation

• Fruit capsule.

Family-Solanaceae
Identifying characters

a) Calyx Persistent (in the fruit condition also)


b) Stamen epipetalous
c) Fruit-Barry
Family - Leguminosae

Alternative name: Fabaceae/Bean family

Identifying characters

• Root Nodule present, contain nitrogen fixing bacteria (Rhizobium)


• Trifoliate compound leaf
• Stipules and leaflets modified into tendril
• Androecium Mono/dia delphous
• Marginal placentation
• Fruit –Legume
Family - Compositae
Alternative name: Asteraceae/Sunflower family

Identifying characters

• Ray and disc floret present

• Calyx reduce to pappus

• Stamens epipetalous with syngenesious anther

• Basal Placentation

• Fruit cypsela

Family-Brassicaceae
Alternative name: Cruciferae/ Mustard Family

Identifying characters

• Flower Cruciform

• Four sepals, four petals

• Stamen six tetradynamous (4 long inner stamens and 2 short outer stamens).

• Herb with odorous

• Fruit siliqua
Family- Cucurbitaceae, Gourd Family

Identifying characters

• Mostly herbaceous climbers, climb by means of tendrils

• Monoecious or dioecious

• Simple, palmately lobed leaves

• Epigynous flowers

• Tricarpellary syncarpous ovary with inferior ovary

• Placentation parietal

• Fruit pepo

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