Amborellales lab and Magnoliids lab Flashcards
Angiosperms
Nymphaeales
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea
(water lilly)
Angiosperms
Nymphaeales
Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar
(water lotus)
Angiosperms
Magnoliids
Magnoliales
Magnoliaceae
Magnolia
Evergreen trees or shrubs having aromatic oil cells; leaves glabrous, spiral, pellucid-punctate, exstipulate; flowers actenomorphic, parianth parts (tepals) numerous, spirally arranged (outer sepal like, inner petal like); stamens few-numerous; carpels numerous (apocarpous), ovaries superior, ovules 1 per carpel; fruit a follicetum (affregate of follicles)
Illiciaceae
Trees or shrubs, aromatic oil glands; some leaves evergreen, usually alternate; flowers actenomorphic, usually perfect; perianth of 6 tepals; stamens 12 in 4 whorlsof 3, antherswith valvate dehiscence; carpel 1, ovary superior, ovule 1 per carpel; fruit a berry or drupe
Lauraceae
Most basal angiosperm
Angiosperms
Amborellales
Amborellaceae
Amborella
(most basal angiosperm group)
Perennial aquatic herb; leaves in whorles or 3-10, dichotomously divided; flowers actinomorphic, unisexual; perianth of 8-12 tepals; stamens numerous; carpel 1, ovary superior, ovule one per carpel; fruit an achene
Cosmopolitan
Ceratopyllaceae
Angiosperms
Magnoliids
Laurales
Lauraceae
Lindera
(spice bush)
Angiosperms
Magnoliids
Magnoliales
Magnoliaceae
Liriodendron
(Tulip tree)
Angiosperms
Magnoliids
Laurales
Lauraceae
Sassafras
Aquatic herbs, often with milky latex; leaves floating, long petioled, peltate; flowers solitary, floating to emergent, actinomorphic; perianth partsnumerous, spirally arranged; sepals usually 4-6; petals 8-many, gradinginto laminar stamens; carpels 3-many, (syncarpous), ovules many per carpel; fruit a berry
Nymphaeaceae
Angiosperms
Magnoliids
Laurales
Lauraceae
Sassafras
Trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, deciduous or persistant, stipulesdeciduous and leaving a stipular ring at each node; flowers solitary, actinomorphic; perianth of 6-many tepals; stamens numerous, laminar; carpals numerous (apocarpous), ovaries superior; fruit an aggregate of follicles, samaras, or berries; seeds often covered with red flesh (sarcotesta), each suspended by a threadlike funiculus
Magnoliaceae
Angiosperms
Austrobaileyales
Illiciaceae
Illicium
(star-anise family)
Angiosperms
Ceratophyllales
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum
(used as an aquarium plant)