Know About Different Types of Flowers to India - Myflowergift

Gifting flowers is a great thing to do and knowing about them is even better. The refreshing beauty and pleasant aroma of flowers is the reason why most of the people around the world find them attractive. Flowers have been used to impress people for eras. They have been an important part of mythology, worship and religion. A lovely flower can express the meaning of love, beauty and purity in full quintessence. Flowers develop from tiny buds in the same fashion as twigs do. They can be classified on numerous parameters, such as form, size, colors and anatomical set up. The following lines to know will describe more about it.

 Different Types Of Flowers:

Actinomorphic: 

Beautiful flowers classified into funnel shaped, tubular shaped and campanulate (bell-shaped and narrower than tubular). Few of actinomorphic morphology are poppy family, cruciform and rose family.

Sympetalous:

The petals of these flowers are joined, either partially or fully.

Polypetalous: 

The petals of these flowers are not joined.

Zygomorphic: 

Flowers under this category display bilateral symmetry. Irregular corolla can be seen in bilabiate flowers, with the upper lip made by joining two petals and lower lip by joining three. The corolla is made up of five petals in Papilionaceous flowers, one at the most superior position, two at the sides and two joined below.

Classification on the basis of Position

Terminal: Flowers under this category can be seen either as singles or in groups on the ends of the axis or branches. Examples are Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia) and Nerium oleander.

Axillary: Here, flowers and clusters of flowers can be found at the junction of the stem or axis and the leaf. Examples are Catharanthus roseus (periwinkle), Callicarpa mericana (beautyberry) and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (hibiscus).

Classification on the basis of Flower Branches, Clusters and Inflorences

Single Flower: Single flowers are present at the tip of peduncle, an elongated stalk or branch of the main axis of the plant. Tulip and Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia) are such examples.

Cluster: Under this category, three or more flowers are found gathered in close formation, in simple or branched manner. Ligustrum japonicum (ligustrum), Pentas spp. 9pentas), Manifera indica (mango), Pyracantha coccinea (firethorn) and Dianthus barbatus (sweet William) are examples of flowers under this category.