A.14 - Major dicot taxons (identification and importance)

Question 1

List the dicot families

Answer 1

• Buttercup Family
• Spurge Family
• Pea Family
• Rose Family
• Mustard Family
• Mint Family
• Nightshade Family
• Carrot Family
• Daisy Family

Question 2

Buttercup Family

Answer 2

• Palmate Leaves, Actinomorphic / Zygomorphic flowers
• Many Stamens
• Ranunculin, diterpene alkaloids

Question 3

Spurge Family

Answer 3

• Milky sap (Latex)
• Cactus-like, Cyathium Flower
• Phorbol esters, Cyanogenic glycosides

Question 4

Pea Family

Answer 4

• Quinolisidine Alkaloids, Phorbol Esters
• Pyrimidine Derivates, Cyanogenic Glycosides
• Cyathium Flower

Question 5

Rose Family

Answer 5

• Tree or Shrub
• Stipules Present, Fleshy fruits
• Many stamens and carpels
• Cyanogenic Glycosides, Flavonoids

Question 6

Mustard Family

Answer 6

• Herbaceous Plant, Rosette of leaves
• Bisymmetric Flowers
• Glucosinolates

Question 7

Mint Family

Answer 7

• Square Stem
• Opposing leaf arrangement
• Often aromatic
• Terpenoid derivates, common medicinal use

Question 8

Nightshade Family

Answer 8

• Highly Varied Leaves
• 5 Fused Sepals
• Tropane Alkaloids, Pyridine Alkaloids

Question 9

Carrot Family

Answer 9

• Hollow Stem
• Multiple compound leaves with divided leaflets
• Piperidine Alkaloids, Terpenoids

Question 10

Daisy Family

Answer 10

• Stipules Absent
• Simple Leaves
• Infloresence contains a head, disc and ray flowers
• Flavonoids, Terpenoids, Fatty Acids