Write a note on the $Liliaceae$ family.

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(A) $\rightarrow$ It is commonly called the 'Lily family'.
$\rightarrow$ Habitat: It is distributed worldwide.
$\rightarrow$ Vegetative characters: Perennial herbs with underground bulbs,corms,or rhizomes.
$\rightarrow$ Leaves: Mostly basal,alternate,linear,exstipulate with parallel venation.
$\rightarrow$ Floral characters:
$\rightarrow$ Inflorescence: Solitary or cymose; often umbellate clusters.
$\rightarrow$ Flower: Bisexual; actinomorphic.
$\rightarrow$ Perianth: Tepals six $(3+3)$,often united into a tube; valvate aestivation.
$\rightarrow$ Androecium: Stamens six $(3+3)$.
$\rightarrow$ Gynoecium: Tricarpellary,syncarpous,ovary superior,trilocular with many ovules; axile placentation.
$\rightarrow$ Fruit: Capsule,rarely berry.
$\rightarrow$ Seed: Endospermous.
$\rightarrow$ Floral Formula: $Br, \oplus, \hat{P}_{(3+3)}, A_{3+3}, G_{(3)}$

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