Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Plant Taxonomy > Exam 2 Families Review > Flashcards

Exam 2 Families Review Flashcards

1
Q

Ginkgoaceae

A
  • “living fossil”
  • dichotomous venation
  • deciduous
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Cycadaceae

A
  • dioecious
  • fleshy seeds
  • corraloid roots with N fixing bacteria
  • Sago is a starchy food produced in the stem
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Pinaceae

A
  • cones have bracts free from scales
  • needle-like leaves in fascicles of 2-5
  • seeds have long, terminal wing
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Coniferales

A
  • largest gymnosperm group
  • dominant in boreal forests and mountains
  • produce cones
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Orchidaceae

A
  • flowers usually resupinate
  • flowers have a labellum
  • most have 1 stamen per flower
  • vanilla
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Asteraceae

A
  • chicory, artichoke, sunflower, dandelion, lettuce
  • pollinated by generalists
  • ray flowers attract pollinators and disk flowers produce nectar
  • fruit: achene
  • inflorescence: capitulum
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Lamiaceae

A
  • mint, lavendar, rosemary
  • square stems
  • pollinated by birds and insects
  • fruit: drupe, nutlets
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Brassicaceae

A
  • mustard, radish, turnip, horseradish, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower
  • used as an ecological and genetic model system for research
  • androecium 2+4: 2 are short and infertile, 4 are long and fertile
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Cucurbitaceae

A
  • cucumber/gourd family
  • watermelon, cucumber, honeydew, cantalope, loofah
  • herbaceous, soft-woody vines, coiled, with tendrils
  • staminate and carpellate flowers
  • fruit: pepo (modified berry with hard rind)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Sapindaceae

A
  • soapberry family
  • lychee, longan, rambutan, sugar, maple
  • staminate and carpellate flowers
  • fruit: capsule, arilloid berry, drupe, samaroid schizocarp
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Bromeliaceae

A
  • pineapple family, airplants, spanish moss
  • rosette herbs, usually epiphytic
  • alternate leaves in spirals, often hold water in the leaves
  • special trichomes: flaps are lifted when water is low to allow water to enter, then lie flat to prevent evaporation, also reflect UV and look like hairs
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Fabaceae

A
  • legume/bean family
  • often with root nodules containing N-fixing bacteria
  • 3rd largest angiosperm family
  • peanuts, soybeans, lentils, peas, tamarind
  • flowers have a hypanthium
  • leaflets can be modified into tendrils
  • spines present
  • many eject seeds forcefully as fruit dry
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Euphorbiaceae

A
  • rubber, latex, timber, arrow poisons, cassava
  • trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, sometimes succulent
  • unisexual flowers
  • inflorescence: cyathium
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Solanaceae

A
  • nightshade family, tomatillo, cayenne papper, bell peppers, eggplant, potato
  • plicate corolla (fan-shaped)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Fagaceae

A
  • oak/beech/chestnut family
  • fruits: nut with cupule, sometimes with burrs
  • unisexual flowers, staminate flowers in catkins
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Cactaceae

A
  • prickly pear, ornamentals
  • CAM photosynthesis
  • long shoots produce photosynthetic leaves, short shoots produce spines
    inflorescence reduced to single flower with hypanthium
  • infinity tepals and androecium
  • fruit: berry
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Iridaceae

A
  • iris family, saffron
  • lily-like flowers with leaves in a flat plane
  • single flower or inflorescence (spike)
  • gynoecium looks like petals in irises
  • fruit: capsule
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Rubiaceae

A
  • coffee family
  • opposite leaves with stipules present
  • one of the largest woody plant families in the tropics
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Ericaceae

A
  • heath family
  • cranberry, blueberry, lingonberry, huckleberry
  • anther inversion during development
  • strongly associated with mycorrhizal fungi
20
Q

Rosaceae

A
  • apples, peaches, apricots, almonds, pears, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
  • sometimes thorns or prickles present
  • flowers: *,5,5, infinity, infinity
  • hypanthium
  • pomes only found in this family
21
Q

Malvaceae

A
  • mallow family
  • hibiscus, cotton, balsa tree, okra, cacao, durian
  • mucilage canals
  • fruit: indehiscent pods, follicles
22
Q

Cornaceae

A
  • dogwood family
  • *,4,4,4,2
  • fruit: drupe
23
Q
A
24
Q
  • “living fossil”
  • dichotomous venation
  • deciduous
A

Ginkgoaceae

25
Q
  • dioecious
  • fleshy seeds
  • corraloid roots with N fixing bacteria
  • Sago is a starchy food produced in the stem
A

Cycadaceae

26
Q
  • cones have bracts free from scales
  • needle-like leaves in fascicles of 2-5
  • seeds have long, terminal wing
A

Pinaceae

27
Q
  • largest gymnosperm group
  • dominant in boreal forests and mountains
  • produce cones
A

Coniferales

28
Q
  • flowers usually resupinate
  • flowers have a labellum
  • most have 1 stamen per flower
  • vanilla
A

Orchidaceae

29
Q
  • chicory, artichoke, sunflower, dandelion, lettuce
  • pollinated by generalists
  • ray flowers attract pollinators and disk flowers produce nectar
  • fruit: achene
  • inflorescence: capitulum
A

Asteraceae

30
Q
  • mint, lavendar, rosemary
  • square stems
  • pollinated by birds and insects
  • fruit: drupe, nutlets
A

Lamiaceae

31
Q
  • mustard, radish, turnip, horseradish, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower
  • used as an ecological and genetic model system for research
  • androecium 2+4: 2 are short and infertile, 4 are long and fertile
A

Brassicaceae

32
Q
  • cucumber/gourd family
  • watermelon, cucumber, honeydew, cantalope, loofah
  • herbaceous, soft-woody vines, coiled, with tendrils
  • staminate and carpellate flowers
  • fruit: pepo (modified berry with hard rind)
A

Cucurbitaceae

33
Q
  • soapberry family
  • lychee, longan, rambutan, sugar, maple
  • staminate and carpellate flowers
  • fruit: capsule, arilloid berry, drupe, samaroid schizocarp
A

Sapindaceae

34
Q
  • pineapple family, airplants, spanish moss
  • rosette herbs, usually epiphytic
  • alternate leaves in spirals, often hold water in the leaves
  • special trichomes: flaps are lifted when water is low to allow water to enter, then lie flat to prevent evaporation, also reflect UV and look like hairs
A

Bromeliaceae

35
Q
  • legume/bean family
  • often with root nodules containing N-fixing bacteria
  • 3rd largest angiosperm family
  • peanuts, soybeans, lentils, peas, tamarind
  • flowers have a hypanthium
  • leaflets can be modified into tendrils
  • spines present
  • many eject seeds forcefully as fruit dry
A

Fabaceae

36
Q
  • rubber, latex, timber, arrow poisons, cassava
  • trees, shrubs, vines, herbs, sometimes succulent
  • unisexual flowers
  • inflorescence: cyathium
A

Euphorbiaceae

37
Q
  • nightshade family, tomatillo, cayenne papper, bell peppers, eggplant, potato
  • plicate corolla (fan-shaped)
A

Solanaceae

38
Q
  • oak/beech/chestnut family
  • fruits: nut with cupule, sometimes with burrs
  • unisexual flowers, staminate flowers in catkins
A

Fagaceae

39
Q
  • prickly pear, ornamentals
  • CAM photosynthesis
  • long shoots produce photosynthetic leaves, short shoots produce spines
    inflorescence reduced to single flower with hypanthium
  • infinity tepals and androecium
  • fruit: berry
A

Cactaceae

40
Q
  • iris family, saffron
  • lily-like flowers with leaves in a flat plane
  • single flower or inflorescence (spike)
  • gynoecium looks like petals in irises
  • fruit: capsule
A

Iridaceae

41
Q
  • coffee family
  • opposite leaves with stipules and colleters present
  • one of the largest woody plant families in the tropics
A

Rubiaceae

42
Q
  • heath family
  • cranberry, blueberry, lingonberry, huckleberry
  • anther inversion during development
  • strongly associated with mycorrhizal fungi
A

Ericaceae

43
Q
  • apples, peaches, apricots, almonds, pears, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
  • sometimes thorns or prickles present
  • flowers: *,5,5, infinity, infinity
  • hypanthium
  • pomes only found in this family
A

Rosaceae

44
Q
  • mallow family
  • hibiscus, cotton, balsa tree, okra, cacao, durian
  • mucilage canals
  • fruit: indehiscent pods, follicles
A

Malvaceae

45
Q
  • dogwood family
  • *,4,4,4,2
  • fruit: drupe
A

Cornaceae

Plant Taxonomy (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions