ISYU TUNGKOL SA SEKSWLADIDA (ISSUE ABOUT SEXUALITY
Solanaceae taxonomy
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2. Plant Taxonomy and Embryology
Course Code: Bot-21201 M.Sc Botany
Topic: Deatil account of Family Solanaceae
Submitted to: Sir Asif Ghafoor
Submitted by: Sarfraz Ahmed (02-15)
The Islamia University Bahawalpur
Sub Campus Bahawalnagar
3. The largest Families of Plants
1- Sunflower family
Family (Asteraceae)
With about 24,000 species.
4. The Second largest Families of Plants
2- Orchid family
Family (Orchidaceae)
With about 20,000 species.
5. The Third largest Families of Plants
3- Legumes or pea family
Family (Fabaceae)
With about 18,000 species.
8. General Information
Genera: About 95
Species: Over 2800
Distribution:
Temperate and Tropical;
In Pakistan, this family is
represented by 21 genera
and 70 species.
Greatest diversity found
in Central and South
America.
17. Androecium
Stamens 5,
epipetalous, alternate
with the petals,not equal
in length filaments are
inserted in the middle
or basal region of corolla
tube.
Anthers
Dithecous: Bilobed
Basifixed
Dorsifixed
Dehiscing longitudinally
(Solanum nigrum).
19. Fruit:
A berry or septicidal capsule.
In Lycopersicon esculentum, & Solanum
Melongena the fruit is a berry.
In species of Datura and Petunia, the fruit is
a capsule.
32. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
1. Food plants
1- Tubers of Solanum tuberosum (potato) are used as common vegetable
throughout the world.
2- Tender fruits of Solanum melongena (brinjal) and ripened fruits of
Lycopersicum esculentum (tomato) are used as delicious vegetables.
33. ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE
2. Medicinal plants
1- Roots of Atropa belladona yield powerful alkaloid ‘atropine’. It is used for
relieving muscular pain.
2- Leaves and flowers of Datura stramonium are the sources of drug
‘stramonium’ used to treat asthma and whooping cough. Leaves, flowers,
3- berries of Solanum trilobatum are used to treat cough.
4- Roots and leaves of Withania somnifera are used to treat nervous disorder
and are diuretic apart from useful tonic.
34. 3. Tobacco
1- Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) contain alkaloids
nicotine, nornicotine and anabasine.
2- Nicotine is considered to be the principal alkaloid in
commercial tobaccos such as cigarette,(Bedi) and hukkahas
well as chewing and snuffing.
3- It is also used as sedative, antispasmodic and insecticide.
4. Ornamental plants
1- Cestrum diurnum (day jasmine), Cestrumno cturnum
(night jasmine) Petunia hybrid (pink flower) are grown in
gardens for their beautiful flowers.
36. Book: Text book of BOTANY
by
Dr. Mrs. RENU EDWIN
Dr. T. SEKAR
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38. 1- The Largest Families of Plants
2- Systematic Position
3- General Characters
4- Floral Formula and Diagram
5- Botanical Description of
Datura Metal
6- Economic importance
7- Common Species
8- Reference