Question

Which of the following floral formulae corresponds to Family Liliaceae ?

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Flowers of Liliaceae family are bracteate or ebracteate, actinomorphic, bisexual, trimerous, hypogynous and pentacydic. Calyx and corolla are undifferentiated and called perianth. Perianth $6$, in two alternate whorls $(3+3)$. Androecium $6$, polyandrous, arranged in two whorls, antitepalous, often epitepalous. Gynoecium is tricarpellary, syncarpous, superior, ovary trilocular with axile placentation.