Brief Note on the Floral characters of Apocynaceae. Apocyanaceae family belongs to order gentiles of Gamopetalae of class Dicotyledonae. It includes 300 genera and 1400 species. The important floral characters of the family are:

Inflorescence:

Cymosely sometimes corymbose umbellate.

Flower:

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Regular bisexual, hypogenous, actinomorphic, Pentamerous or tetra merous.

Calyx:

Sepals five rarely four fused but incised upto the base imbricate estivation.

Corolla:

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Petals five gamopetalous tubular funnel shaped, twisted estivation rarely valuate, the throat of corolla tube interiorly poses hairs or corona.

Androecium:

Stamens 4-5 free epipetalous rarely united anthers long linear arrow headed, connate around stigma and apparently adnate to i.e. dehiscence longitudinal. Ring-like or glandular disc present.

Gynoecium:

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Carpels -2 free below and united by styles only or in completely united superior partly inferior (Plumeria). When apocarpous. Ovary unilocular with marginal placentation or bilocular with axile placentation, ovules tow too many in each chamber.