Botany
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Flowering Plant Identification
Flowering Plant Identification
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Botany
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Flowering Plant Identification |
| Glossary |
Portulacaceae: Purslane Family |
| Family: | Portulacaceae Purslane Family |
| 20/400 6/44 pg. 895 | |
| Habit | Herbaceous, often succulent |
| Stem: | various |
| Leaves: | Simple, entire, glabrous; stipules scarious or hair like |
| Inflorescence: | Solitary |
| Flower: | Regular, perfect, hypogynous |
| Perianth: | various |
| Calyx: | 2 sepals |
| Corolla: | Petals mostly 5 (0-numerous) |
| Hypanthium: | Ø |
| Androecium: | Stamens various |
| Gynoecium: | Syncarpous |
| Ovary position: | Superior, basal or free central placentation |
| Stigma: | Stigmatic line on style |
| Style: | 2-8 |
| Fruit type: | Capsule |
| Other: | |
| Representatives: | Red Maids, Purslane, |
 
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