Class 11 Botany simulations · Morphology of Flowering Plants

Floral formulae of three families

Build typical flowers of Fabaceae, Solanaceae and Liliaceae and read their floral formulae.

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What to notice

The floral formula compresses a flower’s symmetry, sex and the number and fusion of its parts into one line.

Key relation

K calyx · C corolla · P perianth · A androecium · G gynoecium ; ( ) = fused

Try this

Count the stamens in the pea flower: how many are fused and how many free?

What you can change

• Family: choose Fabaceae (pea family), Solanaceae (potato family), Liliaceae (lily family)

More in Morphology of Flowering Plants

• Position of the ovary on the thalamus
• Phyllotaxy: arrangement of leaves
• Root systems

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