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    The document describes the characteristics of the plant family Cannaceae. Key points include: - Cannaceae contains only one genus, Canna, with 30-35 species found in tropical and subtropical America. - Plants are perennial herbs with rhizomatous stems, large cauline leaves, and zygomorphic flowers arranged in racemes or panicles. - Flowers have 3 sepals, 3 petals fused at the base, 6 stamens (only 1 fertile), and a tricarpellary syncarpous ovary. - Economically important species include Canna indica, a popular ornamental, and Canna edulis, whose rhizome is used as a food

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    The document describes the characteristics of the plant family Cannaceae. Key points include: - Cannaceae contains only one genus, Canna, with 30-35 species found in tropical and subtropical America. - Plants are perennial herbs with rhizomatous stems, large cauline leaves, and zygomorphic flowers arranged in racemes or panicles. - Flowers have 3 sepals, 3 petals fused at the base, 6 stamens (only 1 fertile), and a tricarpellary syncarpous ovary. - Economically important species include Canna indica, a popular ornamental, and Canna edulis, whose rhizome is used as a food

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    The document describes the characteristics of the plant family Cannaceae. Key points include: - Cannaceae contains only one genus, Canna, with 30-35 species found in tropical and subtropical America. - Plants are perennial herbs with rhizomatous stems, large cauline leaves, and zygomorphic flowers arranged in racemes or panicles. - Flowers have 3 sepals, 3 petals fused at the base, 6 stamens (only 1 fertile), and a tricarpellary syncarpous ovary. - Economically important species include Canna indica, a popular ornamental, and Canna edulis, whose rhizome is used as a food

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    Family Cannaceae

    Aamir nawaz khan


    M16-07
    Presented to
    DR.SHEZA AYAZ KHILJI
    -
    Contents:
     Characters of Family
     Vegetative characters
     Habit
     Root and Stem
     Leaf
     Floral Characters
     Flower
     Calyx and Corolla
     Androecium and Gynoecium
     Fruit and Seed
     Floral Formula and Floral Diagram
     Distribution
     Economic Importance
     Common Plants
    Characteristics of family
     Stem rhizomatous.
     absence of ligules.

    flower asymmetrical.
     zygomorphic.
     petaloid staminodium.
     half fertile stamen.
     and warty ovary.
     Entomophilous.
     Axile Placentation.
     Multiovalate.
     Inferior ovary.
    Distribution:
     Also known as Canna Family.
     Only one genus Canna.
     30-35 species are included.
     Found in tropical and subtropical America.
     One sp. Canna indica found in all world.
    Vegetative characters:
     Habit: perennial herbs, large.
    Root:
     Adventitous.
    Stem:
     Rhizome or rarely tuberous.
     Subterranean and underground.
    Leaf:
     Large, cauline.
     Foliaceous
     Alternate
     Most oblong to broadly elliptic.
     Distinctly differentiated into sheath.
     Petiolate.
     Pinnately veined with prominent midrib.
    Foliaceous leaf:
    Floral characters:
     Inflorescence:
    A raceme or panicle.
    Flower:
     Large
     hermaphrodite.
     Bracteates.
     Short Pedicellate.
     Zygomorphic
     Epigynous
    Flower:
    Calyx:
     Sepals three
     Polysepalous
     Persistent imbricate
     Petaloid
    Corolla:
     Petals three
     Connate at the base
     Sepaloid
    Androecium:
     Highly modified and comprising of showy
    part of flower, Stamens six but sometimes
    reduced to four, in two whorls; only one
    anther lobe of one stamen( posterior one of
    inner whorl) fertile, the other anther lobe long
    with the filament becoming petaloid.
     Stamen (anterior) is suppressed while two

    laterals ones are modified into petaloid


    staminodes.
    Gynoecium:
     Tricarpellary Syncarpous
     Inferior
    Gynoecium:
     Multiovalate
     Axile Placentation in each ovarian chamber in

    two series
     Stigma on apical margin
    Fruit:
     Loculicidal warty capsule crowned by
    persistent calyx
    Seed:
     Subglobose, small with copious mealy
    perisperm and scanty endosperm
    Floral Formula:
    Floral Diagram:
    Economic Importance:
     As Food:
    The rhizome of Canna edulis is
    used as food stuff for starch, it contains.

     As Ornamental:
    Canna indica is a
    favorite garden plant, cultivated in almost
    all parts of world.
    Canna indica: (kali Indian shot)
    Canna edulis: (Queen land arrowroot)

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