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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #068] What are the species of the Liliaceae family? Photo list

The Alstroemeriaceae family is mostly perennial. It is distributed in Central and South America. Many species have tubers or rhizomes, and many Alstroemeria species have beautiful flowers, leading to extensive cultivation as ornamental plants. The flowers consist of three inner perianth segments and three outer perianth segments (sometimes fused, sometimes not)...

2022.08.01

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #069] What are the species of Colchicaceae? Photo List

Colchicaceae are perennial herbs. They have corms or rhizomes. Leaves are alternate, opposite, or whorled, sometimes clustered at the base of the stem. Flowers are solitary or borne in racemes or cymes, exhibiting considerable diversity. They usually bear bisexual flowers. Perianth segments are separate or fused, with 6...

2022.08.01

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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 #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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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #011] What are the species of the cypress family? Photo list

The Cupressaceae family consists of evergreen, rarely deciduous, trees or shrubs. Leaves are scale-like, needle-like, or linear, arranged alternately, oppositely, or whorled. Flowers are unisexual, monoecious, rarely dioecious. Male flowers are borne at the tips of branches. Female flowers are also often borne at the branch tips and have scale-like structures arranged oppositely or whorled...

2022.07.25

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #009] What are the species of the Podocarpaceae family? Photo list

The Podocarpaceae family consists of evergreen trees or shrubs. The leaves are flattened linear to ovate, sometimes scale-like, spirally arranged alternately, sometimes oppositely. They are dioecious (having separate male and female plants). Male flowers have numerous stamens spirally arranged on the flower axis. Female flowers have a single ovule at the tip of the receptacle. Many female flowers have fleshy, fleshy scales...

2022.07.23

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #007] What are the species of the Pinaceae family? Photo list

The Pinaceae family consists of evergreen, sometimes deciduous, trees or shrubs. The leaves are needle-shaped or linear. The flowers are unisexual and monoecious. Male flowers have numerous stamens arranged spirally. Female flowers consist of numerous scales arranged spirally. Each scale is composed of an outer bract and an inner seed scale, fused at their bases...

2022.07.22

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What are the differences between Japanese holly, golden holly, bean holly, and boxwood? We'll explain how to distinguish between similar species! Why are the flowers so plain to humans but so popular with insects? Do they rely on birds for seed dispersal?

Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) is well-known for being commonly cultivated in gardens as a hedge, but it is originally a species that grows wild in Japan. While distinguishing it from other varieties is not particularly difficult due to its distinctive leaves, there are numerous cultivated varieties, which can make identification a little challenging. Here, we will discuss...

2021.09.21

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