Describe in detail the morphology of Alliaceae ONION FAMILY. (In tabular form if possible with floral formula and floral diagram)
Family Alliaceae
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Vegetative Characters |
Stem | Underground bulb, corm or rhizome |
| Leaf | Mostly basal, alternate, parallel or pinnate or palmate venation. | |
| Plant | Perennial herbs | |
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Floral Characters |
Inflorescence | Solitary or aggregated/ cymose |
| Flower | Bisexual, usually actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic | |
| Perianth | Six tepals (3 + 3), united into tube, isomerous; petaloid, valvate aestivation | |
| Androecium | Six stamens (3 + 3) | |
| Gynoecium | Tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary, trilocular with many ovules, axile placentation | |
| Fruit | Capsule, rarely berry; endospermous seed | |
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Floral Diagram |
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