1. BOTANY PAPER I UNIT: III FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
S.Y.BSc SEMESTER III
BOTANY PAPER I UNIT: III
FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
By Mrs. S. S.HAJIRNIS
Department of Botany
SATISH PRADHAN DNYANASADHANA COLLEGE,THANE(W)

2. ANGIOSPERMS Family : Amarantaceae
T.Y.BSc

3. Family : Amarantaceae Classification :
Division: Spermatophyta seed bearing plants
Sub division : Angiospermae seeds present inside seed coat
Class : Dicotyledoneae Two cotyledons present, tetra or pentamerrous symmetry.,reticulate venation, tap root system.
Sub class: Apetalae
Flowers unisexual ,. Perianth either petaloid or sepaloid or absent.
Series : Curvembryeae
Flowers regular, . Ovary superior, Embryo curved
Order : Chenopodiales
Mostly herbs, Ovary superior,.Monocarpellary with one ovule
Family : Amarantaceae

5. Family : Amarantaceae Habit : mostly or rarely shrubs.
Leaves : Alternate or opposite ,simple , entire , exstipulate, hairy.
Inflorescence : spike, head or raceme , cymose panicle.
Flowers :Regular ,bisexual or unisexual , with scarious thin , dry and membranous, non green and persistent bracts and a pair of membranous persistent bracteoles.
Perianth : Sepaloid, membranous , dry, and often coloured, or white, consisting of 3-5 scarious or hyaline ( translucent) persistent leaves, imbricate.

6. Family : Amarantaceae
Androecium : stamens 5, opposite the perianth members, filaments free or united at the base into a short tube, often with staminodes between petaloid perianth.
Gynaecium : Carpels 2-3, syncarpous, 1– celled, superior. Style united, short or long, stigma capitate or 2-3- fid,ovules solitary or rarely more on a basal funicle.
Fruit : A nut, utricle or ptyxis (dehiscing transversely ) as in Celosia

8. Family : Rutaceae Classification :
Division: Spermatophyta seed bearing plants
Sub division: Angiospermae seeds present inside seed coat
Class :Dicotyledoneae Two cotyledons present, tetra or pentamerrous symmetry.,reticulate venation, tap root system.
Sub class: Polypetalae Petals free, Stamens not epipetalous
Series:Disciflorae Thalamus disc shaped, disc present between corolla and androecium or androecium and Gynaecium
Order: Geraniales Stamens double the no. of petals
Family : Rutaceae

9. Family : Rutaceae
Plant : Shrubs or trees , very rarely herbs , often provided with thorns.
Leaves : Alternate or opposite ,simple or compound , generally smooth with pellucid or gland-dotted (containing essential oil) and exstipulate.
Inflorescence :Axillary or terminal cymes or panicles or solitary.
Flowers :Regular /rarely irregular ,bisexual ,rarely unisexual , with an annular or cushion-like disk generally between or above the stamens.
Sepals : 4-5,imbricate or valvate ,free or connate, glandular
Petals : 4-5,imbricate rarely valvate ,free .

10. Family : Rutaceae
Androecium : stamens are as many as petals or double the number of petals i.e. obdiplostamenous condition, rarely, many as in Citrus., free or polyadelphous, anthers 2- celled, introse, cushion like disk present between the stamens.
Gynoecium : Ovary 4-5 carpels, syncarpous, 4-5 celled, superior, with often 2 ovules superposed, style short, free or connate ,stigma entire or lobed.
Fruit : A berry or rarely a capsule or a drupe.

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