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How to describe an
angiosperm flower
Dr MAHESH P.U
Dept of Dravya guna
Govt ayurveda college
Tripunithura
Flower
The most colour full part
of a plant
Consist of
Calyx
Corolla
Andrecioum
Gynocioum
FLOWER AMATOMY

Description in general
1,Pedicellate or sessile
2,Bracteate or Ebracteate
3,Actinomorphic or Zygomorphic
4,Unisexual or Bisexual
5,Complete or Incomplete
6,Regular or irregular
7,Hypogynous or Perigynous or Epigynous
8,Colour of flowers
1,Pedicellate or sessile
 Pedicellate
Pedicel-stalk of flower
eg. Mustard
Cont..
Sessile
without pedicel
Eg.Achyranthes
2, Bracteate or Ebracteate
Bracteate
Having bract
(modified leaf in whose
axil flower arise)
Eg. Adathoda
vesica
Cont..
Ebracteate
 With out bract
eg. solanum
3,Actinomorphic or Zygomorphic
 Actinomorphic
(Regular)
 Radialy symetrical
can devide into two
equal halves along
more than one
longitudnal plane
eg. Vinca rosae
Cont..
Zygomorphic
( irregular)
Bilateraly symetrical
one plane of symmetry
Eg. Pisum sativum