Family Umbelliferae

(Apiaceae)

By:1-Nourhan Mohamed
Sohila Abed-2
Under the supervision of: Dr. Mona El-Bous
:Classification
Kingdom: Plantae-
Division: Magnoliophyta-
Class : Magnoliopsida-
Subclass: Rosidae-
Order: Apiales-
Family: Apiaceae-
 :General morphological characters
The umbel with a flat top looks similar to an umbrella giving
this family an alternate name, which is Umbelliferae. Flowers
of these plants are usually bisexual and rarely unisexual,
actinomorphic (radial symmetry), or zygomorphic (bilateral
symmetry.) It has an aromatic scent /The flower is epigynous
if hypanthium
 -:Calyx
5sepals, gamosepalous, green, acute, valvate-
.aestivation, superior, calyx tube adnate to the ovary wall

:Corolla
petals, polypetalou 5-
Imbricate aestivation-
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:Androecium
•stamens, alternate with petals,polyandrous 5

:Gynoecium
,Bicarpillary, syncarpous
with axile placentation, ovary , two celled
FLORAL DIAGRAM

:Floral Formulae
 :Example of umbelliferae

Petroselinum crispum-1

Pimpinella Anisum-2
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