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S.No Economic Binomial Useful part Uses

importance

6. Polyploidy Colchicum luteum Corm Colchicine (alkaloid)

used to induce polyploidy.

7. Ornamental

plants

Agapanthus

africanus

(Africian Lilly)

Hemerocallis fulva

(Orange Day Lilly)

Gloriosa superba

(Malabar glory lilly)

Lilium candidum

Lilium giganteum

Ruscus aculeatus

(Butchers Broom)

Tulipa suaveolens

Yucca alcifolia and

Y.gloriosa

Plant

Some of the well known

garden ornamentals.

Can you identify

this?

a. Name the family.

b. Write the binomial.

c. List the economic

uses.

In Yucca the crosspollination

carried

out by special moth,

Pronuba yuccasella.

Fully opened flowers

emit perfumes

and are visited by

the female moth,

especially during

nights. This

moth collects

a lot of pollen

grains from one

flower and visits

another flower.

Life history of

this moth is intimately associated with

the pollination mechanism in Yucca.

Lilium nilgiriensis

Tulipa

Smilax

Ruscus

Figure 5.27: Selected plants belongs to the

Family Liliaceae

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