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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Colchicaceae
Colchicaceae
See list of 2 genera in this family-
1a. Tepals connate in the lower portion, forming an elongate basal tube, pink to purple or white (rarely yellow); scape very short (plants appearing stemless); ovary subterranean; plants from a corm
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1b. Tepals distinct, yellow; stem evident, bearing leaves and flowers [Fig. 64]; ovary elevated well above the ground on an aerial stem; plants from rhizomes
Show photos of: Each photo represents one genus in this family.