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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #045] What are the species of the Hydrocharitaceae family? Photo list

The family Hydrocharitaceae consists of annual or perennial aquatic plants that grow in freshwater or saltwater. Their morphology is extremely diverse. The base of the leaves often forms a leaf sheath, containing 2 to 10 or more small scales. They are monoecious or dioecious, with inflorescences...

2022.07.31

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #041] What are the species of Araceae? Photo List

The Araceae family consists of perennial herbs, sometimes shrub-like, lilac-like, or floating aquatic plants. They often have tubers or thick rhizomes underground, and some species form pseudostems with tubular bases on the petioles. The plant body is succulent, filled with cells containing bundles of needle-shaped calcium oxalate crystals...

2022.07.29

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #039] What are the species of the Lauraceae family? Photo list

The Lauraceae family consists of evergreen or deciduous woody plants. Their leaves are arranged alternately or oppositely. Many species are fragrant. Approximately 31 genera and 2,000 species are known from tropical to temperate regions, with 9 genera and 29 species distributed in Japan. Several species are cultivated. This article focuses on plants of the Lauraceae family...

2022.07.28

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #037] What are the species of the Lumpriaceae family? Photo list

The family Hernandiaceae consists of evergreen trees, shrubs, or vines. It comprises 5 genera and approximately 58 known species. They are distributed throughout tropical regions worldwide, with some species widely found in coastal areas, even at depths exceeding 2000 meters above sea level.

2022.07.28

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #033] What are the species of the Calycanthaceae family? Photo list

The Calycanthaceae family consists of fragrant, deciduous shrubs reaching 2-4 meters in height, with the exception of Idiospermum, which grows into a large evergreen tree. It comprises 3 genera and 10 species, and its distribution is limited to warm temperate and tropical regions. Calycanthus (3 species; western North America...).

2022.07.27

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #032] What are the species of the Annonaceae family? Photo list

The Annonaceae family consists of evergreen, rarely deciduous, trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing woody plants. Approximately 130 genera and 2,300 species are known, found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, America, and Africa. In Japan, there is one species, Monoon liukiuense, found in the Ryukyu Islands...

2022.07.27

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #026] What are the species of the Aristolochiaceae family? Photo list

The Aristolochiaceae family consists of perennial herbs or shrubs, some of which are climbing plants. The leaves are alternate and lack stipules. The flowers are generally bisexual, with petals usually reduced, and three petal-like sepals, often fused at their bases into a tubular structure. They are found in tropical regions worldwide...

2022.07.26

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #021] What are the species of the Chloranthaceae family? Photo list

The Chloranthaceae family consists of herbs or shrubs. The leaves are opposite, simple, serrated, and have stipules at the base of the petiole. The inflorescence is spike-like, terminal or axillary. Flowers are unisexual or bisexual, with bisexual flowers lacking a perianth. There are one or three stamens. In bisexual flowers, the stamens...

2022.07.26

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #020] What are the species of Schisandraceae? Photo List

The Schisandraceae family consists of evergreen or deciduous woody plants, some of which are climbing. The leaves are simple, alternate, and lack stipules. Flowers are usually solitary in the leaf axils, lacking a clear distinction between sepals and petals, and the perianth segments are separate. The fruit is an aggregate fruit, consisting of berries clustered in a spherical or tufted arrangement, or a sac...

2022.07.25

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #012] What are the species of the Taxaceae family? Photo list

The family Taxaceae consists of evergreen trees or shrubs. The leaves are linear to linear-lanceolate, arranged spirally and alternately, but the leaf blades are horizontally arranged in two rows. They are usually dioecious, but occasionally monoecious. Male flowers are borne singly or in small spike-like inflorescences in the leaf axils, while female flowers are borne at the tips of the previous year's branches or on the leaves...

2022.07.25

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