Saturday, December 8, 2007

Flowers flowers flowers

Research on the appearances of flowers, these below are candidates from where our flower's outlook idea come from. We took note that since we need petals to be detachable, its best to select flowers which are not too complicated, in short, the sun flower and daisy


Flowering Plants:-


1. Asteraceae or Compositae (daisy family)[Link:Asteraceae]
There are in total 23,600 species

2. Orchidaceae (orchid family)[Link:Orchidaceae]
There are in total 21,950 species.

3. Fabaceae or Leguminosae (pea family)[Link:Fabaceae]
There are in total 19,400 species.

4. Rubiaceae (madder family)[Link:Rubiaceae]
There are in total 13,183 species.

5. Poaceae or Gramineae (grass family)[Link:Poaceae]
There are in total 10,035 species.

6. Lamiaceae or Labiatae (mint family)[Link:Lamiaceae ]
There are in total 7,173 species.

7. Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)[Link:Euphorbiaceae]
There are in total 5,735 species.

8. Cyperaceae (sedge family)[Link:Cyperaceae]
There are in total 4,350 species.

9. Malvaceae (mallow family)[Link:Malvaceae]
There are in total 4,225 species.

10. Araceae (aroid family)[Link:Araceae]
There are in total 4,025 species.
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Asteraceae, daisies.

Info:
The family Asteraceae or Compositae, known as the aster, daisy or sunflower family, is the second largest family family of flowering plants(refer to top) after Orchidaceae , in terms of number of species.

This includes several species and classifications.
Chrysanthemums are a genus (Chrysanthemum) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae , native to Asia. It was named from the Greek prefix chrys-, which means golden (the colour of the original flowers), and -anthemon, meaning flower.

Calendula (pot marigold) is a genus of about 12-20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is also the flower of the month October.

Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy. It is native to western, central and northern Europe. The species is widely naturalized in North America, where it is considered an invasive weed.

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