DICOTS

2 cotyledons, flower
pentta- or tetramerous,
leaves net veined

PARIETALES

POLYPETALAE

GAMOPETALAE

MONOCHLAMYDEAE

petals free

petals fused/ united

only 1 kind of perianth

THALAMIFLORAE

DISCIFLORAE

CALYCIFLORAE

INFERAE

Sepals, Petals and Stamens all

attached to Thalamus. Ovary superior,
flower hypogynous. Stamen many,

Ovary superior, flower

hypogynous r.Disc below the
ovary

flower perigynous or
epigynous. Thalamus is
cup shaped. Stamens
fused to Calyx of flower

superior ovary, stamen in

Ovary inferior; stamen no. 1-2 whorls , carpels more
= petal no.
than 2

CARYOPHYLLINEAE

MALVALES

ROSALES

PASSIFLORALES

Placentation free central, carpel

Parietal placentation, carpel united, stamens twice the number of
united
sepals, embryo curved

Placentation axile, stamen

many, carpel united

BRASSICACEAE

MALVACEAE

FABACEAE

Stipule present, sepals

united, stamen
epipetalous,stamen
monoadelphous, anther
monothecous, fruit
capsule

plants tendril climbers,

leaves serrate,
leave palmately lobed,
stipule conspicuous, flower unisexual, anther
Leaves compound, leaf base flower actinomorphic monothecous, stamen 5,
pulvinate, odd sepal
with hypanthium,
placentation become
anterior,placentation
petals clawed,
false axile due to
marginal, carpel 1,fruit
stamen numerousand intruded placentation,
legume
free, fruit fleshy
fruit berry or pepo

Inflorescence
racemose,flower
tetramerous,stamen 6tetradynamous, ovary with
false septumand replum fruit
siliqua or silicula

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Inflorescence dichasial cyme, petals

clawed, stamen usually 10 or less,
Obdiplostemonous, carpel 3, fruit
capsule

Flower perigynous,carpel 1, style distinct

ROSACEAE

UMBELLALES

HETEROMERAE

BICARPELLATAE

Ovary superior, with 2 carpels,

stamen in 1 whorl

ASTERALES

GENTIANALES

POLEMONIALES

LAMIALES

leaves alternate, flower

actinomorphic, stamen as
many as and alternating with
corolla lobes

Leaves opposite, flower

zygomorphic, stamen fewer than
corolla lobes, ovary one in each
locule

Flower epigynous, style

united or free,
placentation parietal

Flower epigynous, stamen 5,

carpel united, placentation
axile

leaves alternate, stamen

epipetalous, carpel 2, ovary
unilocular, ovule 1

Leaves opposite, flower actinomorphic, stamen as many as

and alternating with corolla lobes

CUCURBITACEAE

APIACEAE

ASTERACEAE

APOCYNACEAE

ASCLEPIADACEAE

SOLANACEAE

LAMIACEAE

leaves compound with

sheathing base, inflorescence
an umbel, petals often notched,
stamen 5 inflexed in bud,
carpel 2 united, fruit cremocarp
tipped with stylopodium

leaves alternate,
inflorescence Capitulum
with ray floret and disc
floret surrounded by
involucre of bracts, clyx
absent represent by
pappus, anther
syngenesious, fruit
cypsela , stigma 2

Plant with milky latex,

throat of corolla with
scales, Pollinia absent,
carpels with free ovaries
and united styles, fruit
follicles, seed with tuft of
hairs

plants with milky latex, throat

of corolla tube with scales,
Pollinia Present, anther united
with stigma to form
gynostegium, carpel with free
ovaries and united styles, seed
with tuft of hairs

Stem with internal phloem,

ovary with Axile placentation,
swollen placent, septum
oblique, ovule numerous.fruit
berry or capsule

Plant aromatic, stem 4 angled,

inflorescence verticillaster, stamen
2-4, ovary 4 chambered due to
false septa, ovule 4, style
gynobasic, fruit drupe

DICOTS
1. Flower 4- or 5- merous
2. Two cotyledons
3. Reticulate venation

POLYPETALAE

MONOCHLAMYDEAE

Petals free

Only 1 Perianth

THALAMIFLORAE

DISCIFLORAE

CALYCIFLORAE

INFERAE

1.Sepals, Petals and

anther attached to
Thalamus

1. Disc Below the

Ovary

1. Thalamus cup
shaped

1. Ovary inferior

2. Flower
Hypogynous
3. Ovary superior

2. Flower Peri- or
Epigynous
4. Stamen fused to
calyx

PASSIFLORALES

UMBELLALES

ASTERALES

1. Flower Epigynous

1. Flower Epigynous

1.Leaves alternate

2. Carpel United

2. style united or
free

2. stamen 5 , carpel
united

2. Stamen
epipetalous

3. Stamen twice the

sepals

3. stamen many

3. Parietal
placentation

3. Axile placentation

3. Carpel 2,
unilocular ovary- 1
ovule

CARYPHYLLACEAE

MALVACEAE

2. Flower Hypogynous
3. Ovary superior
4. Stamen many

PARIETALES

CARYOPHYLLALES

MALVALES

ROSALES

1.Parietal
placentation

1.. Free central

placentation

1. Axial
placentation

1. Flower PERIGYNOUS

2. No. of stamen =
No. of petals

2.Style distinct
2. Carpel United

BRASSICACEAE

2. Carpel United

LEAVES
INFLORESCENCE Racemose

Dichasial cyme

FABACEAE

ROSACEAE

CUCURBITACEAE

APIACEAE

ASTERACEAE

Compound, leaf
base PULVINATE

leaves serrate,
stipule
conspicuous

tendril climber with

palmately lobed
leaves

leaves compound with

sheathing base

Leave alternate

UMBEL

CAPITULUM

Stipule present
actinomorphic with
HYPANTHIUM

FLOWER

Tetramerous
6-Tetradynamous

petals clawed
less than 10,
Obdiostemonous

sepal united,
monoadelphous
and monothecous

Odd sepal anterior

STAMEN

OVARY
FRUIT

Numerous, free
With False septum
& replum
Silqua/ silicula

Carpel 3
Capsule

Capsule

carpel 1
Legume

fleshy fruit

unisexual

Ray floret & disc

floret surrounded by
involucre of bract

stamen 5 and
Monothecous

syngenesiousanther fuse,
filament free

placentaion false
axile due to
intruder placenta
Pepo/ Berry

stamen 5, inflexed in bud

carpel 2 united,
Stylopodium
Cremocarp

stigma 2, calyx
absent or in pappus
form
Cypsela ( achene)

GAMOPETALAE
Petal fused/ united

HETEROMERAE

BICARPELLATAE

1. Ovary superior

1. Ovary superior

2. Stamen in 1-2 wholrs

3. Carpel more than 2

2. Satmen in 1 whorl
3. Carpel 2

GENTIANALES

POLEMONIALES

LAMIALES

1. Leaves Opposite
2. Stamen as many as and alternating with corolla
lobes

1.Leaves alternate

1. Leaves opposite

2. Stamen as many as and

alternating with corolla
lobes

2. Stamen fewer than

corolla lobes

3. Flower actinomorphic

3. Flower zygomorphic, 1
ovary in each locule

3. Flower actinomorphic

APOCYNACEAE

ASCLEPIADACEAE

SOLANACEAE

LAMIACEAE

Plant with milky latex,

throat of corolla with
scales

Plants with milky latex,

throat of corolla tube
with scales

Stem with internal phloem,

Plant aromatic, stem 4

angled

LEAVES

VERTICILLASTER

INFLORESCEN
CE

Biliped petals and sepals FLOWER

Pollinia absent
Carpels with free ovaries
and united styles
Follicles
Seed with tuft of hairs

Pollinia Present,
anther united with
stigma to form
gynostegium
Carpel with free
ovaries and united
styles

stamen 2-4
Ovary with Axile placentation,
swollen placenta, septum
oblique, ovule numerous

Berry or Capsule
Seed with tuft of hairs

STAMEN

Ovary 4 chambered due to

false septa, ovule 4, style

gynobasic
Drupe

OVARY
FRUIT

SEED