Seed Plant Encyclopedia

ウェルウィッチア科 Welwitschiaceae はアフリカ南西部で見られる現存種一種のみを含みます。白亜紀前期（中生代）の南米には、ウェルウィッチア科の植物が存在していたことが化石から判明しており、ブラジル北東部のアラリペ盆地にあるアプ...

The Ephedraceae family generally consists of shrubs, sometimes vines, and rarely small trees. It includes only the genus Ephedra. It is distributed across southwestern North America, southern Europe, northern Africa, southwestern and central Asia, northern China, and western South America, and is widely found in arid regions. Temperate regions...

イチョウ科 Ginkgoaceae は落葉高木。葉は偏平に広がり、葉脈は葉柄付け根から二叉分岐を繰り返し、平行脈となり上部葉縁に達します。雌雄異株・雄花は細い軸に多数の葯をつけます。雌花は花柄の先に多くは2個の胚珠を上向きにつけます。受精は...

The family Cycadaceae is a family of plants belonging to the order Cycadales in the class Cycadae. All extant species are evergreen woody plants. The leaves are pinnately compound, with long, pointed leaflets. Numerous leaves grow at the tip of the stem, with the base remaining on the stem. The family is dioecious, with flowers borne terminally or laterally on the stem. The stamens (microsporophylls) are scale-like...