Thanks Satish ji for sharing information and links. Regards Prashant On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > > -- 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.
