Botany
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Flowering Plant Identification
Flowering Plant Identification
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Botany
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Flowering Plant Identification |
| Glossary |
Salicaceae Willow Family |
| Family: | Salicaceae Willow Family |
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| Habit | Woody shrubs or trees |
| Stem: | Woody |
| Leaves: | Simple, alternate, stipulate |
| Inflorescence: | Male flowers in catkins, female flowers in catkins |
| Flower: | Regular, imperfect, plants dioecious |
| Perianth: | Incomplete |
| Calyx: | Sepals reduced and modified |
| Corolla: | petals Ø |
| Hypanthium: | Ø |
| Androecium: | Stamens 1-many |
| Gynoecium: | Syncarpous |
| Ovary position: | Superior, one locule |
| Stigma: | 2-4 |
| Style: | Not distinctive |
| Fruit type: | Capsule, dehiscent; Seeds comose |
| Other: | |
| Representatives: | Willow, poplar, cottonwood, aspen |
 
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