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  Distinguish between families - Fabaceae, Solanaceae, Liliaceae on the basis of gynoecium characteristics (with figures). Also write economic importance of any one of the above family.

Answer:

                  The difference between the three families on the bases of characteristics of hynoecium areas follows

Gynoecium Characteriseies	Fabaceae	Solanaceae	Liliaceae
Carpels	Monocarpellary free, single	BicarpellarySyncarpous	Tricarpellarysyncarpous
Ovary	Superior unilocular	Superior bilocular(2-4locular in tomato)	Superior
Ovules	Margin in two alternate rows	Many in each locular	Trilocular
Placentation	Marginal	Axile	2-many ovules in each locules
Style	Bent, single	Simple	Simple but may be united or separate
Stigma Floralformula	Simple and capitate	Simple and lobe	Free or fused trilobed

         

Gynoecium Characteristics	Fabaceae	Solanaceae	Liliaceae
Diagram of gnoecium
Floral diagram             Examples	Garlic, onion, Colchicum	Potato, tomato, brinjal, datura, etc	All pulse, sun hemp, Lupin, Indigo, Cassia

Economic Importance of Fabaceae Plants of this family are the sources of pulses and edible oils. Dye is extracted fromIndigo era which is a plant of this family. It serves as a source of various other productslike fibers (sun hemp), facter (Sesban/a and Trifolium), ornamentals (lupin, sweet pea)and medicine (multiathi).