| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Eudicots-Caryophyllids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Family Common Name: Plumbago Family
Genera: Armeria, Limonium |
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are various in heads, spikes or panicles. Flowers
are actinomorphic and bisexual. Flowers are relatively large and sometimes
with colored calyx and sometimes with an involucre bract. Calyx and corolla
are often funnelform or tubular. Ovaries are superior with basal placentation.
Fruit and Seed Features: Dicotyledon. Fruit as an achene or a type of capsule
with persistent calyx. Seed has straight embryo and no perisperm. Endosperm
present or absent. Vegetative Features: Habit as herbs, shrubs or vines.
Leaves simple and alternate or basal. Leaves have broad base and short
petiole. Stipules are lacking.
Distribution: Widely distributed,
particularly in Eurasia.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden ornamentals and medicinal.
Number of Genera Globally: 27
Number of Species Globally: 836
