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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 #116] What are the types of grasses? Photo list

The grass family (Poaceae) consists of annual to perennial herbs, or plants with woody, perennial stems. The stem, called a "culm," has septa at the nodes, and the rest of the stem is hollow or contains pith. Leaves are arranged alternately in two rows and consist of a leaf blade and a leaf sheath. The leaf blade is often linear, and the leaf sheath is wide...

2022.10.26

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #101] What are the species of the Iridaceae family? Photo list

The family Costaceae is a pantropical monocotyledonous plant. The leaves are arranged spirally, and the leaves at the base of the stem are usually wingless. The base of the leaves has a closed leaf sheath, and a projection called a ligule is located at the top of the leaf sheath. Unlike other plants in the Zingiberales order, it has 2-3 stamens...

2022.09.28

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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 #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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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #091] What are the species of the Commelinaceae family? Photo list

The Commelinaceae family consists of annual or perennial herbs, some of which are climbing plants. The leaves have parallel veins, and the base forms a sheath. The central vein is somewhat thick and conspicuous. The flowers are bilaterally or radially symmetrical. Of the six perianth segments, the three outer segments are sepal-like, while the inner...

2022.09.06

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #086] What are the species of the Amaryllidaceae family? Photo list

The Amaryllidaceae family typically consists of perennial herbs with bulbs and basal leaves. The flowers are bisexual and radially or bilaterally symmetrical. They are borne in terminal umbels or singly on the flower stalk, with an involucre at the base of the inflorescence. They have three outer perianth segments and three inner perianth segments, and some also have a corona...

2022.08.10

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #085] What are the species of Hemerocallisaceae? Photo List

The family Asphodelaceae, also known as the Asphodeloideae family, is characterized by its linear leaves and flower stalks that rise from between the leaf clusters. (Asphodeloideae includes genera such as Asphodelus, Kniphofia, and Aloe...).

2022.08.07

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #028] What are the species of the Magnoliaceae family? Photo list

The Magnoliaceae family consists of evergreen or deciduous woody plants. The leaves are simple and alternate. The perianth segments are separate and whorled, exhibiting triperality. The stamens and pistils are numerous and arranged spirally. Approximately 300 species across two genera are known in the temperate and subtropical regions of Asia and America, with 7 species in one genus found in Japan...

2022.07.27

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #005] What are the species of the Welwitschia family? Photo list

The family Welwitschiaceae includes only one extant species found in southwestern Africa. Fossil evidence indicates that plants of the Welwitschiaceae family existed in South America during the Early Cretaceous (Mesozoic) period, including the Arapaima basin in northeastern Brazil...

2022.07.16

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