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hjgg, Seed Plants II: Angiosperms (Classification of flowering Plants…

- - - - araceae
      - hydrocharitaceae
      - alismataceae
      - potamogetonaceae
      - ruppiaceae
      - zosteraceae
  - - - amaryllidaceae
      - asparagaceae
      - asphodelaceaea
      - asphodelaceae
      - alliaceae
      - hyacinthaceae
      - agavaceae
      - iridaceae
      - ruscaceae
  - - - it has about 3500 species which are easily recognizable by their solitary trunk.
      - they have scattered vascular bundles like that of most monocots
      - all species have simple leaves that are fully expanded y have either pinnate pattern or palmate one
      - egs: palm tree, coconut tree etc.
    - - this order contains grass family poaceae as well as cattalis, bromeliads and sedges.
      - it has 8000 species
      - they include grass as well as wheat, barley, oats, corn, sugarcane etc. bamboo also comes under this group
      - representative families of poales
        
        bromeliaceae
        
        cyperaceae
        
        juncaceae
        
        poaceae
        
        typhaceae
    - - it contains some of the most familiar house plants like marantha, canathea, gingers, banana etc.
      - they have large showy flowers
      - its largest family zingiberaceae has around 1000 species
      - representative families
        
        cannaceae
        
        marantaceae
        
        musaceae
        
        strelitziaceae
        
        zingiberaceae
- - - - they produce a group of water soluble pigments called the betalains
      - their ancestral group may have lacked petals in their flowers.
      - endosperm develops a little and fails to continue growing
      - phloem plastids contains deposits of fibrous protein located as a ring just interior to the plastid membrane
      - representative families
        
        cactaceae
        
        caryophyllaceae
        
        amaranthaceae
        
        nyctaginaceae
        
        aizoaceae
        
        phytolaccaceae
        
        portulaccaceae
    - - highly modified plants most of which are parasitic
      - some are hemiparasitic while some are holoparasitic