Name: Five - Kingdom System of Classification
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 10 min 49 s
Description: Whittaker proposed the five kingdom classification. The five kingdom classification are- Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. Know more in this video.

Question

How will you distinguish Solanaceae members from Liliaceae members?

Accepted Answer

Plant species are divided into various families on the basis of similar and dissimilar characters such as the arrangement of petals, sepals, the position of androecium and gynoecium, etc in the flower. Solanaceae and Liliaceae are two such plant families which are discussed in detail.

Solanaceae Liliaceae

They are mostly herbs and shrubs with modified stems as tubers. They are mostly perennial herbs with modified stem in form of bulb.

Leaves have reticulate venation with alternate Leaves have parallel venation and are radical sometimes alternate, opposite.

Solanaceae Liliaceae

Their inflorescence is axillary, solitary. Their inflorescence is branched racemose.

Flowers are bisexual, bracteate or ebracteate and pedicellate. Flowers are large showy and dioecious.

The gynoecium is bicarpellary, syncarpous, bilocular. The gynoecium is tricarpallary, syncarpous, trilocular and has axile placentation.

They are used as tobacco plants, leaves are chewed and sniffed like Nicotiana tabaccum.
They are used as ornamental plants, like Tulips.

How will you distinguish Solanaceae members from Liliaceae members?

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