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07.1174.a Narihirahiiragi Nandina (flower)

[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #123] What are the species of the Berberidaceae family? Photo list

Berberidaceae are perennial herbs or shrubs. Their leaves are alternate and can be simple or compound. The sepals are arranged in groups of three in 3-4 whorls, or two in 4 whorls; the outer 1-2 whorls are smaller and fall off quickly during flowering, while the inner 2 whorls are larger and petal-like. The petals are 2 or...

2022.11.02

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #122] What are the species of the Menispermaceae family? Photo list

The family Menispermaceae consists of evergreen or deciduous climbing woody plants, and rarely, erect shrubs. The leaves are alternate, simple, and palmately venate. Stipules are absent. Inflorescences are mostly axillary. They are usually dioecious. The fruit is a drupe. They are common in tropical regions and comprise 71 genera and approximately 4...

2022.10.31

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #121] What are the species of the Akebia family? Photo list

The Lardizabalaceae family consists mainly of climbing woody plants, with shrubs being rare. The leaves are trifoliate or palmately compound with five leaflets. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious, and borne in racemes, radially symmetrical and trimeral. The sepals are petal-like. The fruit is an ellipsoidal berry with a fleshy pericarp. (Eastern Asia...).

2022.10.31

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #111] What are the species of Cyperaceae? Photo List

The Cyperaceae family consists of annual or perennial herbs. Most have solid, triangular stems. The leaves are linear, with the base forming a tubular sheath. Some genera, such as *Erigeron annuus*, *Scirpus juncoides*, *Scutellaria*, and *Cyperus*, have reduced leaf blades, leaving only a sheath...

2022.10.15

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07.0650 Myoga (Japanese ginger) upper surface of the leaf

[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #102] What are the species of the Zingiberaceae family? Photo list

The family Zingiberaceae is a perennial herb. It has a thickened rhizome, and the stem is enclosed in a leaf sheath. The leaf blade is linear to oblong, with a ligule between the leaf blade and the leaf sheath. The inflorescence is raceme or spike-like with bracts. The flowers are bisexual and bilaterally symmetrical. The outer perianth is tubular, the inner perianth is 3-lobed, and the base is...

2022.09.29

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #100] What are the species of the Marantaceae family? Photo list

The Marantaceae family consists of evergreen perennial herbs that resemble the Canna and Zingiber families in morphology. They produce short stems above ground from underground rhizomes, with leaves at the base. Flowers are arranged in racemes. The leaves are broad, with veins branching out from the central vein. They are found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, excluding Australia...

2022.09.20

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #098] What are the species of the Musaceae family? Photo list

The Musaceae family consists of perennial herbs that form pseudostems and have leaves with overlapping basal sheaths, resembling woody plants. They are native to the tropical regions of Africa and Asia. This family includes three genera: Musella, Musa, and Ensete.

2022.09.15

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #095] What are the species of the Strelitziaceae family? Photo list

The Strelitziaceae family encompasses a wide range of plants, from perennial herbs to tall trees. They are characterized by large flowers surrounded by bracts, with both leaves and bracts arranged in two vertical rows. Most species have simple, large, overall paddle-shaped leaves, though the edges may fray with age...

2022.09.09

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07.0606 Trachycarpus fortunei (whole form)

[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #089] What are the different types of palm trees? Photo list

The Arecaceae family consists of evergreen trees or shrubs. The leaves are palmately or pinnately lobed. The petioles clasp the stem at the base, forming a sheath. They bear small flowers in a conical or spadix inflorescence with bracts. Approximately 2,400 species belonging to 190 genera are known, mainly found in tropical and subtropical regions....

2022.09.05

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #083] What are the species of the Iridaceae family? Photo list

The Iridaceae family consists of annual or perennial herbs. They have rhizomes, corms, or bulbs underground. The leaves are sword-shaped, flattened, alternate, and strabiate. The flowers are bisexual and radially or bilaterally symmetrical. There are three inner and three outer perianth segments, either identical in shape or with larger outer segments, fused at the base...

2022.08.04

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