We have covered 2 groups of flowers from Asteraceae family in May and Jun2013. This July fortnight we will be covering plants with inflorescence which has only Ligulate flowers in heads. I am copying some part of the glossary from KEW which clearly describes the meaning of Ligulate which will help in identifying which plants to post during the fortnight.
*ligulate * - in *Compositae * it refers to either a floret type or capitulum type where the corollas are modified into a flat, strap-shaped limb with 5 apical teeth, often with a short or absent corolla tube at the base. Such florets may be hermaphrodite or female. Typically in the tribe *Lactuceae * all florets are identical and ligulate, just different in size and maturity across the capitulum, also present in *Catamixis * (tribe * Mutisieae)*. *ligule * - in *Compositae * it is used with reference to the flat, strap-shaped limb, with 5 apical teeth, of the corolla in a ligulate capitulum, e.g. members of the tribe Lactuceae. *limb * - the extended portion of a corolla such as that found in a ray florets, but also applied to the portion of the corolla above an often obvious corolla tube. 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
