7: Fabids 1 Identification (4/21) Flashcards
What orders and bigger groups are included in the Superrosids?
Saxifragales, Vitales
Rosids
What families are included in Vitales?
Vitaceae
Vitaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Palmately lobed leaves
Inflorescences and tendrils opposite to leaves
Part of Vitales
Vitis
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Palmately lobed leaves
Inflorescences and tendrils opposite to leaves
From Vitaceae
What groups are within the Rosids?
Fabids and Malvids
What orders are included in the Fabids?
Oxalidales
Malpighiales
Fabales
Rosales
Cucurbitales
Fagales
What families belong to the order Oxalidales?
Oxalidaceae
Oxalidaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Leaves compound, often trifoliate with obcordate leaves
Flowers 5-merous, radial symmetry
Heterostyly common
Obcordate: in the shape of a heart with the pointed end at the base
Heterostyly: individuals within a plant population produce flowers with different morphological forms
Oxalis
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Leaves compound, often trifoliate with obcordate leaves
Flowers 5-merous, radial symmetry
Heterostyly common
Part of Oxalidaceae
What families belong to the order Malpighiales?
Hypericaceae
Violaceae
Salicaceae
Passifloraceae
Euphorbiaceae
Hypericaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Leaves opposite, simple, entire, no stipules
From Malpighiales
Hypericum
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Always yellow flowers with 5 free petals
From Hypericaceae
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Violaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Simple (often cordate), dissected, or compound leaves
Lowest petal has nectar spur
From Malpighiales
Viola
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Violet, pansy
Often some cleistogamous flowers (don’t open, self-pollinate)
From Violaceae
Passifloraceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Lianas, shrubs, trees
Axillary tendrils in lianas
Fruit a berry or capsule
From Malpighiales
Passiflora
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Passion fruit
From Passifloraceae
Euphorbiaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Cyathium
From Malpighiales
Cyathium
What is it? What family of plants is it found in?
A single central stalked pistillate flower, 5 spikes of staminate flowers, and an involucre of 5 fused bracts
Found in Euphorbiaceae
Salicaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Seeds have soft, cottony hairs
From Malpighiales
Populus
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Pale bark and ovate to deltoid, serrated leaves
Have catkins
Dioecious
Ovate: egg-shaped, with the broader end at the base and tapering to a point
Deltoid: triangular shape
From Salicaceae
Salix
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Often narrow and elongate leaves
Have catkins
Dioecious
From Salicaceae
What families belong to the order Fabales?
Fabaceae
Fabaceae
What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the family?
Fruit a legume
Also can be called Leguminosae
From Fabales
Cercis
What family is it part of and what are some distinguishing features of the genus?
Entire, cordate, palmately veined leaves
Flowers/pods are pink/red
Caesalpinioideae
From Fabaceae
