Eudicots Flashcards
Eudicots
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What percentage of flowering plants are eudicots?
85%
Berberidaceae Family
The Barberry Family
Eudicots
Genera: barberry (Berberis), oregon grape (Mahonia), heavenly bamboo (Nandina), barrenwort (Epimedium), may apple (Podophyllum)
715 species
Berberidaceae Range
Most genera restricted to eastern Asia and North America, but they extent across Europe into North Africa
Berberidaceae Flowers
Papaveraceae Family
The Poppy Family
Eudicots
43 genera, 820 species
Papaveraceae Flowers
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Papaveraceae Range
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Rananculaceae Family
The Buttercup Family
Eudicots
Nonwoody, herbaceous plants, mostly perennial
1800+ species
Ranunculaceae Range
All over the globe. Majority can be found in temperate and cold regions of the northern hemisphere.
Ranunculaceae Flowers
Flowers fairly simple, radially symmetrical, petals and sepals are almost indistinguishable.
Ranunculaceae Pollination
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Ranunculaceae Leaves
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Crassulaceae Family
The Stonecrop Family
Eudicots
1,380 species
Half in genera Sedum and Crassula. Rest in Sedum, Kalanchoe, jade plants (Crassula) and houseleeks (Sempervivum), Echeveria,
Crassulaceae Flowers
4 or 5 sepals.