
What are the general characteristics of Liliaceae family?
Important Questions on Taxonomy and Systematic Botany
One of the families is characterized by the following floral formula:
Identify the family:

Medicinally important plant and a tendrillar climber with unisexual flowers
Spice yielding plant with cymose inflorescence, persistent calyx, unilocular ovary
Oilseed plant with monadelphous stamens, unilocular ovary, and indehiscent pod

Identify the floral unit 'I' in the given floral diagram.

Choose the number of modifications in Allium cepa.
Tunicated bulb; reduced stem; adventitious roots; umbel inflorescence; solid leaves; fleshy leaf bases; involucre of bracts


Which of the following is/are the characteristics of the family whose floral diagram is given?
(i) Aloe, Asparagus and Colchicum belong to this family.
(ii) Flower is zygomorphic.
(iii) Floral formula is
(iv) Fruits are berry or capsule.





(i) In vexillary aestivation, the large posterior petal is called - standard, two lateral ones are wings and two small anterior petals are termed keel.
(ii) The floral formula for Liliaceae is
(III) In pea flower the stamens are monoadelphous
(iv) The floral formula for Solanaceae is


Which of the following features does not belong to the plants of a particular family to which rest of the features belong?

Name the family to which onion belongs.



Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.
is a prime number between and
is an odd number between and

Read the following statements and select the correct option.
(a) Colchicine is obtained from members of the family Liliaceae.
(b) Colchicine is used in chromosomal doubling.



To which family the following flower is related?

