Botany
122:
Flowering Plant Identification
Flowering Plant Identification
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Botany
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Flowering Plant Identification |
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Caryophyllaceae: Pink Family |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae Pink Family |
| 85/2400 28/105 pg. 475 | |
| Habit | Herbs |
| Stem: | various |
| Leaves: | Simple, entire, opposite, connected by transverse scar (stipular scar) |
| Inflorescence: | cyme |
| Flower: | Regular, perfect, hypogynous |
| Perianth: | 5-merous |
| Calyx: | 5 sepals |
| Corolla: | Ø or 5 petals |
| Hypanthium: | Ø |
| Androecium: | 5 or 10 stamens |
| Gynoecium: | Syncarpous |
| Ovary position: | Superior, sessile or stipitate, free central placentation or basal |
| Stigma: | Not distinctive |
| Style: | 2-5 |
| Fruit type: | Capsule |
| Other: | |
| Representatives: | Carnation |
 
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