Photographic Atlas of Botany and Guide to Plant IdentificationThis book is divided into two primary sections. The first covers plant anatomy and the second covers plant taxonomy. |
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achenes adnate aerial stem Alternate androecium angiosperms anther arillate attached Axile basal base berry bisexual bracts Calyx carpellate flowers carpellate inflorescence Carpels catkin clusters compound cone connate Corolla Cyme dehiscence developing distinct drupe epidermis eudicot Fabaceae Family Habit female fertile fleshy Floral and fruit Floral characters Flowering branch follicles fruit characters Fruiting branch Genera gynoecium Herbs hypanthium Immature indehiscent indusium inflorescence Infructescence leaf scar leathery leaves lobed locule Loculicidal capsule LS of flower Mature fruit mericarps monocot nectar disk nodes nutlet Ovary ovulate scale ovules palmate venation Parietal perianth petiole phloem Pinnate Pinnate venation pistil Placentation Plant characters pollen strobili Polypodiaceae radial receptacle removed to show rhizome root Rosaceae samaras schizocarp sepals septum serrate short shoots Showy shrubs single sometimes sori sorus sporangia sporangium sporophyll stalk stamens staminate inflorescence stigma stipule strobilus style Superior tepals tissue trees Typically underground stem unisexual valve vascular bundles vine whorls wing xylem