Thanks a lot for this informative note sir. Regards Pankaj On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure most of the members have read the nicely written details about the > family Euphorbiaceae by Rashida ji[efloraofindia:64293] > I would like to highlight some important characters of this family. > It is a Large and extremely variable family : It shows a great range in > vegetative as well as floral structures. > The inflorescence in Euphorbia and related genera like Chamaesyce is > .............first branching usually racemose. > .............subsequent branching is cymose. > ..................The partial inflorescence is a Cyathium which appears as a > single flower.(Seen in Rahida ji's write up.) > (I urge members to post some additional close ups of this; if they have any) > .............THERE ARE OFTEN NO PETALS AND SEPALS. THE BRACTS ARE PETALLOID > AND SHOWY COLOURED. > .............The male flower is represented by just an androecium having > only pedicel stamen and anthers. While the female flower has only pedicel > ovary style and stigma. > I have compiled this info. and sharing with the group esp. for those non > botanist members who may not be knowing this; as the conventional visible > flowers are not seen in some of the genara from Euphorbiaceae when one is > searching flowers in nature. > Regards > Dr Phadke Satish > http://satishphadke.blogspot.com/2008/07/euphorbiaceae.html >
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