Understanding Plant Families and Nomenclature in Botany

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Explore the diverse world of plant families like DICOTYLEDON, APIACEAE, ASTERACEAE, and FABACEAE, along with the nomenclature principles in botany. Learn about the rich variety of species, economic significance, and naming conventions for plants. Discover the significance of terms like Holotype, Isotype, and Synonym in botanical classification.

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DICOTYLEDON

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE) - CARROT FAMILY It is family of dicot plant that include about 67 genera in Iraq with 167 species, it is aromatic family with number of common plants like Parsley, coriander and poisonous hemlock

-ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)- SUNFLOWER FAMILY It is from the biggest families in Iraq with un accurate number of species and genera as it is not published in flora of Iraq volumes till now but roughly it is about with 23600 species in the world.

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)- BEAN FAMILY It is very large group in the world and the largest one in Iraq with many dominant species, economically, legumes are one of the important plants being the source of numerous pulses such as Peanut, favoring plants as in Ceratonia , fodder in Trifolium etc.

NOMENCLATURE is the assignment of names utilizing a formal system. The criteria for formally naming land plants, algae, and fungi are based on the rules and recommendations of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature or ICBN.