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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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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #104] What are the species of the Bromeliaceae family? Photo list

Bromeliaceae are perennial plants. Many have a structure where the bases of their leaves closely overlap, allowing them to store water. However, some species, such as tank bromeliads and the gray-leaved epiphytic plant Tillandsia, can only collect water through a leaf structure called trichomes...

2022.09.29

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[Seed Plant Encyclopedia #099] What are the species of Canna family? Photo list

The Cannaceae family is a monotypic family consisting of only one genus, Canna. It is closely related to the Zingiberaceae family, but lacks the ligule found in the Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial herb. The rhizome is succulent, tuberous, and branched. The stem is thick and long. The leaves are large, oblong or lanceolate, and pinnately venated. The flowers are...

2022.09.19

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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 #073] What are the species of the Liliaceae family? Photo list

Liliaceae are perennial herbs. They have bulbs or rhizomes. Leaves are alternate, opposite, or whorled, sometimes clustered at the base of the stem. Flowers are solitary at the stem tip or leaf axils, or borne in diverse racemes or umbels. They bear bisexual flowers. The perianth segments are separate, with outer and inner perianth segments...

2022.08.02

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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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07.0040 Hinoki cypress leaf upper surface

[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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