6: Early Diverging Eudicots Identification (4/16) Flashcards
What families are the “Early Diverging Eudicots”?
Papaveraceae
Berberidaceae
Ranunculaceae
Platanaceae
Proteaceae
What are the Core Eudicots?
Superrosids
Superasterids
What orders are included in the Superrosids?
Saxifragales
Vitales
What families belong to the order Ranunculales?
Papaveraceae
Berberidaceae
Ranunculaceae
Papaveraceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Leaves usually lobed, divided, or dissected, spiral; no stipules
Twice as many petals as sepals
From Ranunculales
Divided: split into distinct parts but still a single leaf
Eschscholzia
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
California poppy
Part of Papaveraceae
Dendromecon
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Shrubs to small trees
Alternate, simple leaves
Part of Papaveraceae
Berberidaceae
What order is it part of, what are some of its general characteristics, and what are the genera/species from lab?
Leaves simple and ternately divided, compound, or pinnately compound
Berberis
Nandina domestica
From Ranunculales
Berberis
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Alternate, pinnately compound leaves
Leaflets often have spiny margins
From Berberidaceae
Nandina domestica
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
False bamboo
From Berberidaceae
Ranunculaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Herbs or vines
Flowers have free perianth parts and many stamens
Nearly all have >1 pistil
Never have hypanthiums
From Ranunculales
Ranunculus
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Herbs with simple/compound, alternate leaves often with palmate venation
Radial symmetry
From Ranunculaceae, “buttercup”
Delphinium
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Bilateral symmetry
Upper sepal shaped like a spur
From Ranunculaceae
What families belong to the order Proteales?
Nelumbonaceae
Plantanaceae
Proteaceae
Nelumbonaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Aquatic
Stems are rhizomes
Leaves simple and peltate
Enlarged, spongey receptacles with cavities that hold nuts
Part of Proteales
Platanaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Fruit looks like a spikey ball
Simple, palmately lobed and veined leaves (very recognizable)
Fruit an aggregate of achenes with bristles
From Proteales
Platanus
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Fruit looks like a spikey ball
Simple, palmately lobed and veined leaves (very recognizable)
From Platanaceae
Proteaceae
What order is it part of, what are some of its general characteristics, and what are the genera/species from lab?
Leaves spiral, simple, often pinnately divided
Inflorescence variable, often very showy
Grevillea spp.
Banksia sp.
From Proteales
spp: multiple unspecified species within that genus
sp: the specific species is either unknown or not specified
Grevillea spp
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Flowers borne on short racemes
Follicles with two winged seeds
From Proteaceae
Banksia sp.
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Toothed leaves and massive, cone-like inflorescence
From Proteaceae
What families belong to the order Saxifragales?
Crassulaceae
Saxifragaceae
Grossulariaceae
Crassulaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Leaves simple, succulent, opposite/spiral, sometimes in rosettes
From Saxifragales
Saxifragaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Inflorescence often a scape
Basal leaves often palmately veined
Always have hypanthium
From Saxifragales
Grossulariaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Leaves usually palmately lobed/veined
Flowers have a well-developed hypanthium that can be brightly colored - white, yellow, red, pink or purple (sometimes green)
From Saxifragales
