Botany quiz 4 part II

Question 1

What are the two families or the order Saxifragales?

Answer 1

Grossulariaceae

Altingiaceae

Question 2

-bushes with palmately lobed leaves
-usually five primary veins
-translucent berries, attached sepals
-berries of all species are edible but some are tastier than others
What family is this?

Answer 2

Grossulariaceae (gooseberry family)

Ribes missouriense

Question 3

-monoecious
-palmately lobed leaves with lobes that are often nearly triangular
-globose multiple fruit (derived from multiple flowers) of septicidal capsules
What family is this?

Answer 3

Altingiaceae (sweet gum family)

Liquidambar styraciflua

Question 4

Vitales

What are the family of this order?

Answer 4

Vitaceae

Question 5

-vining plants
-tendrils and berries
-stamens opposite the petals
-leaves, stems, and berries are edible in most species
What family is this?

Answer 5

Vitaceae (grape family)

Vitis

Question 6

What is the family in the order Oxalidales?

Answer 6

Oxalidaceaee

Question 7

-herbaceous plants with shamrock leaves and parts if fives
-heterostylous
-high levels of soluble and crystalline oxalates
-leaves, stems, and flowers are edible but not in large amounts
What family is this?

Answer 7

Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel family)

Oxalis

Question 8

What families are in the order Malpighiales?

Answer 8

Violaceae
Euphorbiaceae
Salicaceae

Question 9

-apetalous but often have showy bracts (i.e., poinsettias)
-divided styles
-laticifers common
-usually poisonous
What family is this?

Answer 9

Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)

Euphorbia

Question 10

-stamens touching to form a ring
-anthers with spurlike, glandlike nectaries
-slightly zygomorphic flowers
-heart shaped leaves
What family is this?

Answer 10

Violaceae (violet family)

Viola

Question 11

-trees, shrubs typically in moist soils
-catkins develop many small capsules
-salicoid teeth
What family is this?

Answer 11

Salicaceae (willow family)
Salix
Populus

Question 12

What family is in the order Fabales?

Answer 12

Fabaceae

Question 13

-second only to Poaceae in economic importance
-single carpel develops into a legume
What family is this?

Answer 13

Fabaceae (bean family)

-three subfamilies: Faboideae, Caesalipinioideae, Mimosoideae

Question 14

What do I need to know about the Rosid Clade?

Answer 14

• current relationships based primarily on molecular data

- position of “basal” orders uncertain, but monophyly of clade is supported

Question 15

What do I need to know about the Fabid Subclade (Eurosids I)?

Answer 15

• xylem with vessels, tracheids, and fibers
• xylem has horizontally aligned tiers
• leaves usually opposite and pinnately compound
• all orders in the subclade with Fabales have members with N-fixing nodules