Question

Ornamental Plant tulip belongs to which family?
A. Asteraceae
B. Brassicaceae
C. Solanaceae
D. Liliaceae

Answer 1

Hint: Ornamental plants are those plants that are cultivated for decorative purposes or greeting purposes. These plants have great economical importance that helps farmers to earn a good amount of money. It includes plants like rose, Marie gold, lotus, sunflower, orchid, lily and many more.

Complete answer: Liliaceae family possesses around 2500 species of perennial herbaceous monocot plants, which is known as the lily. The inflorescence is cymose. The economical important species of this family is aloe vera and colchicine as medicine; Asparagus as a food source while Lilium, tulip, Gloriosa and Ruscus as ornamental plants.
a) Asteraceae consists of flowering plants which are categorised as herbs, shrubs and trees. Most of them are xerophytes, hydrophytes or semi-aquatic. It is an important source of food which provides oil. It also provides medicine, rubber and insecticides.
b) Brassicaceae is also an angiosperm plant which is a family of cultivated vegetable crops. For example, mustard crops. It is used to cultivate oil. Some of the plants are used for medicines and ornamental flowers.
c) Solanaceae is the family of dicotyledonous plants that bear flowers. It is also known as the potato family. The inflorescence is of racemose and cymose type. Some of the economically important species of Solanaceae plants are tomato, brinjal and potato as a food source, chilly are spices, Nicotiana tabacum is the source of tobacco, while Petunia is an ornamental plant.
Hence, the correct answer is option D.

Note: The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 254 genera and about 4075 known species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes.