Families for Exam

Question 1

Anacardiaceae Flowers

Answer 1

Terminal or axillary panicle 
Small actinomorphic flower 
Pentamerous 
Bi-sexual 
Complete flower 
Monecious (Monecious means having male and female flowers on one plant) 
Dicot because it has more than 3 flower parts aka pentamerous 
Nectariferous disk 
Superior ovary (gynophore) 
The cashew apple is the accesory fruit 
Sometimes synpetalous 
1 carpel
1 long stigma 
Inconspicuous

Question 2

Anacardiaceae Leaves

Answer 2

Long 
Elliptical 
Pinnately Compound 
Whorled if on the cashew 
Exudate sap

Question 3

Anacardiaceae type

Answer 3

Shrubs or Trees

Question 4

Anacardiaceae Usage

Answer 4

Food 
Alcohol 
Oil 
Timber 
Insecticides and Plastics from resin

Question 5

Anacardiaceae Roots and Stem

Answer 5

Tap Root and erect woody stem

Question 6

Anacardiaceae Distribution

Answer 6

Tropical and Subtropical

Question 7

Anacardiaceae Latin Name for Cashew

Answer 7

Anacardium occidentale

Question 8

Apiaceae type

Answer 8

herbs (perennial, biannual, annual), a few shrubs and trees

Question 9

Apiaceae usage

Answer 9

food (carrot, parsley) 
Oil
Essential oils
Traditional medicine 
Ornamentals

Question 10

Apiaceae Distribution

Answer 10

Cosmpolitan but they prefer temperate climates

Question 11

Apiaceae Flowers

Answer 11

Umbel (flat-topped clustered attach at a single point) 
Pentamerous 
Inferior ovary 
Bi-sexual 
Terminal
Aromatic 
2 swollen styles 
Small (usually yellow or white) 
Ex-stipulate 
2 locules
Actinomorphic 
Stamens are bent inwards
Aestivation is valvate or imbricate

Question 12

Apiaceae Leaves and Stem

Answer 12

Pinnate 
Alternate
Hollow stems
Aromatic leaves
Sessile (no petiole) 
Reticulate venation

Question 13

Apiaceae Roots

Answer 13

Tap root system

Carrot is a conicle (enlarged tap root)

Question 14

Apiaceae Pollination

Answer 14

huggeee variety of insects like in the J.B. Garden

also wind

Question 15

Apiaceae Fruit

Answer 15

Schizocarp (a dry indehiscent fruit) that splits into 2 mericarps

Question 16

Apiaceae Latin name for carrot

Answer 16

Daucus carota

Question 17

Apocynaceae Distribution

Answer 17

Topical and Subtropical

Question 18

Apocynaceae Type

Answer 18

Shrubs, Herbs, Trees, woody vines

Question 19

Apocynaceae Latin Name for Perwinkle

Answer 19

Vinca Minor

Question 20

Apocynaceae Flower

Answer 20

Gamepetolous (fused calyx and corolla) 
Pentamerous 
Bi sexual 
Actnimorphic 
2 locules united by a single style
Numerous ovules 
hairy stamen 
Epipetoulous: Stamen fused to the petals 
Superior ovary
Valvate 
Alternately arranged 
Exstipulate 
Cymose 
Corolla tube

Question 21

Leaves and Stem of Apocynaceae

Answer 21

MILKY POISON SAP 
woody erect stem 
alternate 
Entire margin 
Simple 
Sometimes sessile

Question 22

Apocynaceae Usage

Answer 22

Ornamentals (Vinca minor)
Medicine (blood pressure)
Rubber
Posion

Question 23

Araceae Distribution

Answer 23

Tropical but grown all over the world

Question 24

Araceae Type

Answer 24

Epiphytes, Climbers, Herbs, Aquatics, Geophytes

Question 25

Araceae Flower

Answer 25

``` Spadix Spathe (just a brightly colored bract) The Calyx and Corolla are usually indistinguishable) Sometimes male and female parts are in different sections (female on the bottom then a sterile section then a male section and appendix Tiny flowers 1-50 carpels Thermogenic or producing a foul smell Syncarpous gynoecium Bisexual or unisexual When unisexual monecious Very short peduncle Multiple stamens Sessile flowers Superior ovary Inverted ovules (anatropous) ```

Question 26

Araceae Leaves and Stem

Answer 26

``` Perforated Sometimes compound Sometimes with drip tip Deeply lobed Sheathing base Can also have simple or fenestrate leaves Parallel leaves Pinnate venation Waxy leaves Heteroblasty ```

Question 27

Araceae Roots

Answer 27

Corms (taro), Rhizomes, Tubers | In climbers: anchor and feed roots

Question 28

Araceae Latin Name

Answer 28

Monstera Deliciosa

Question 29

Araceae Usage

Answer 29

``` Ornamentals Edibles Arrow poison Fibers Lemonoide can remove heavy metals from the water ```

Question 30

Arecaceae Latin Name for coconut tree

Answer 30

Cocos Nucifera

Question 31

Arecaceae Roots

Answer 31

Adventitious

Question 32

Arecaceae Usage

Answer 32

``` Food Ornamentals Oils Fibers Timber Wax Stimulants ```

Question 33

Arecaceae Distribution

Answer 33

Pantropical but extends to subtropical

Question 34

Arecaceae Stems and leaves

Answer 34

``` Palmate//Costapalmate Unbranched Leaf scars on the trunks Sheathed Basally Alternate Spiral Plicate Crown (at the head of the tree) ```

Question 35

Arecaceae type

Answer 35

Mostly trees, arborescent, lianas

Question 36

Arecaceae Flowers

Answer 36

``` Made up of dyads and tryads Dyads come in several combinations (perfect - perfect, staminate -staminate, perfect - staminate) Tryads ALWAYS 2 male and 1 female Trimerous flowers and calyx Tri-lobed stigma Wind, insect, or bird pollinated Usually around 6 stamen but up to infinity Ofen in inflorescences Superior ovary Small flowers Produced in large numbers Fused carpels (1, 3, or 4) Sometimes pistilloides in flowers Actinomorophic Gynocium is apocarpic Simple or compound spike or branched panicle: usually a spadix Can be moncieous or diecous Valvate or imbricate aestivation ```

Question 37

Arecaceae Inflorescence

Answer 37

Drupe Usually single seeded Berry Infructenensce