In the daisy family, the flower heads are made up of many small flowers called florets, and are either *homogamous *or *heterogamous*. Heterogamous heads are made up of two types of florets, ray florets near the edge and disk florets in the center. Homogamous heads are made up of just one type of floret, either all ray florets or all disk florets.
Dr Satish Phadke On 11 May 2013 14:40, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > *Asteraceae is the largest family of dicot plants and the second largest > family of flowering plants coming next to Orchidaceae family(Monocot)* > Various sources describe the total number of plant species as 23000 into > 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies. > I was searching for a simple key to differentiate the plants from > Asteraceae family (Also called as Compositeae) > Gurcharan ji has divided the family into 3 main groups according to flower > structures. I couldn't find this in Flora of Maharashtra where the Key > directly starts from Achenes and then the flower heads. Of course it takes > into account the pattern of flower as we go further into the keys. > I found some interesting Links which describe the family in good manner. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteraceae > http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Asteraceae.htm > > * > http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=0CH4QFjAL&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.florabymax.net%2FFLORAbyMAX%2FFamily-pdfs%2FFLORA-A%2FAsteraceae%2520(Aster%2520Family)%2520%2520(Genus%2520A-B).pdf&ei=vgOOUbugIM_PrQfgr4CYCQ&usg=AFQjCNFAMYoO_rrsuheeLD6WHcRS24GjGQ&sig2=iIX3JPXGMu-9yAY1LK3iQA&bvm=bv.46340616,d.bmk&cad=rja > * > Some botanical terms need to be refreshed during examining the Asteraceae > plants which are also described in these links. > > Also adding a link of my old blog which has some basic information > http://satishphadke.blogspot.in/2008/03/asteraceae.html > > Dr Satish Phadke > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
