Calyceraceae
Encyclopedia
Calyceraceae is a plant
family in the order Asterales
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The members of the family have simple, alternate leaves and flowers arranged in heads. The flowers have 5 fused petal
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Selected genera:
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
family in the order Asterales
Asterales
Asterales is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the composite family and its related families.The order is a cosmopolite, and includes mostly herbaceous species, although a small number of trees and shrubs are also present.The Asterales can be characterized on the...
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The members of the family have simple, alternate leaves and flowers arranged in heads. The flowers have 5 fused petal
Petal
Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They often are brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. Together, all of the petals of a flower are called a corolla. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of special leaves called sepals lying...
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Selected genera:
- Acarpha
- Acicarpha
- Boopis
- Calycera
- Gamocarpha
- Moschopsis