Palms,cycads and ferns
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The document discusses several types of plants including palms, cycads, and ferns. It notes that palms are angiosperms in the family Arecaceae, with over 2,600 species. It distinguishes between feather-leaved and fan-leaved palm varieties. Cycads are gymnosperms that produce naked seeds not enclosed in fruits, with three families and around 300 species. They resemble palms but differ in aspects like cone-like structures and colorful seeds. Common cycad species mentioned include Cycas revoluta and Cycas circinalis. Ferns reproduce via spores, have neither seeds nor flowers, and include varieties like Boston fern, Staghorn fern, and Bird Nest Fern.
Palms,cycads and ferns
- 1. Palms
- 2. angiosperms family Arecaceae twenty-six hundred species.
- 11. Cocos nucifera
- 12. Fan leaved palms
- 14. Rhapis excelsa
- 16. Pritchardia pacifica (Fiji fan palm)
- 18. Cycads cycads produce naked seeds that do not enclose within the fruits.
- 19. gymnosperms three families namely Cycadaceae, Stangeriaceae and Zamiaceae. 300 different species. They have a similar overall appearance as palms. But cycads and palms differ with each other in many aspects. A characteristic feature of the cycads is the production of cone-like structures and colourful seeds. dioecious plants
- 20. Cycas revoluta (Sago palm)
- 22. Dioon edule
- 23. Zamia sp.
- 24. Ferns is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.
- 25. Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern) Many ferns are grown in horticulture as landscape plants, for cut foliage and as houseplants
- 26. Platycerium bifurcatum (Staghorn fern)
- 27. Asplenium nidus - Bird Nest Fern
- 28. Adiantum raddianum (Maiden hair fern)
- 31. Pteris cretica