Lecture 3 Flashcards by Maya Berman

What family did we review in the Arecales order?

Arecaceae (palm family)

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What families did we review in the Commelinales order?

Commelinaceae
Ponteridaceae

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What families did we review in the Zingiberales?

Musaceae
Zingiberaceae
Cannaceae

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What families did we review in the Poales order?

Bromeliaceae
Typhaceae
Juncaceae
Cyperaceae
Poaceae

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What are some characteristics of poales?

Found globally
Mostly wind pollinated
Some very important food plants
Lots of flowers that are missing parts due to evolution of wind pollination

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

List some common traits of the Arecaceae family

Big meristem at top of plant
Strong fibrous cells
Restricted to tropics because no dormancy mechanisms

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What family is the banana in?

Musaceae

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What family is tumeric, ginger, galangal,in?

Zingiberaceae (ginger family)

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What are some traits of Bromeliaceae family?

Pineapple family
Epiphyte of the American tropics, family diversifies very recently close together, overlapping leaves can hold water

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What is the habitat of the Typhaceae family (cattail family)?

Found throughout the world in freshwater wetland habitats

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What are the two genera in Typhaceae family?

Sparganium (bur-reeds)
Typha (cattails)

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Describe typha flowers

Staminate flower: 3 stamens and bristle perianth

Carpellate flower: single ovary and bristle perianth

Achene fruits with pappus

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Describe Sparganium flowers

Carpellate flower: 1-3 fused carpels
- 2-6 scale-like tepals
- unisexual flowers in unisexual heads

Staminate flower: 1-8 stamens
- perianth of 1-6 scale-like tepals
- at a later stage, with carpellate flowers already fertilized, anthers open on staminate flowers

Achene fruits

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What are similarities between Typha and Sparganium?

Rhizomatous perennial herbs
Usually emergent aquatics, some with floating leaves
Linear leaves; parallel veins
Monoecious (both male and female unisexual flowers on same plant)
Fruits dry, indehiscent (not opening), 1-seeded

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

What are differences between Typha and Sparganium?

Typha:
- inflorescence a dense cylindrical spike
- perianth of bristles
- ovary with a small stalk
- fruits wind-dispersed

Sparganium:
- inflorescence globose unisexual heads
- perianth of small tepals
- ovary sessile
- fruits dispersed by water or animals

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Describe Juncaceae’s traits

Perianth of 6 papery scale-like tepals
6 stamens
3 fused carpels; many ovules
3 stigmas
round spongy stems; 3-ranked leaves
Superior ovary
Capsule fruit

How well did you know this?

Not at all

Perfectly

Where can Juncaceae family be found?

Globally, most wetland or facultative wetland
Some upland species; none of economic importance

What are Cyperaceae’s (sedge family) vegetative features?

Triangular stems (sedges have edges)

Close leaf sheath

Node where leaf is attached

3-ranked leaves

What are Cyperaceae’s floral features? How are the flowers pollinated?

Flowers are in spikes (may be called spikelets-several or one per stem)

No petals or tepals (same as in Juncaceae)

Perianth of bristles surrounding anther and pistil

What family is Carex genus a part of? What are its features?

Cyperaceae (sedge family)
- unisexual flowers
- No perianth
- Ovary enclosed in perigynium (a little sac around the ovary)
- spikes unisexual (all male of all female florets) or mixed
- 3-ranked leaves
- stem triangular
- leaf sheaths closed
- stigmas 3 matches three-sided fruit
- stigmas 2 matches two-sided fruit
- achene fruit

Why is the Poaceae family economically important?

Crop grasses for farmland
50% of humanity’s calories are from grasses
- wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, rice, maize, corn, sugarcane, etc.

What are the vegetative features of Poaceae?

Stem surrounded by base of leaf blade

Leaf sheath usually open

Ligule: The membranous appendage arising from the inner surface of the leaf at the junction with the leaf sheath

Auricle: small, clasping outgrowths that may or may not be present on the leaf collar

Node/joint where sheath is attached to stem

2-ranked leaves

Stems are hollow (grasses are hollow all the way to the ground)

What is the Poaceae floral structure?

Very reduced flowers, inflorescences are composed of sections called spikelets

Within spikelets are found florets (or individual grass flowers)

3 stamens with long filaments

2 feathery stigmas

What is a glume?

a bract (leaf-like structure) below a spikelet in the inflorescence (flower cluster) of grasses

What is a rachilla?

the stem within a spikelet in grass

What is a lemma?

Outer bract on the floret of a grass

What is a palea?

Inner bract on the floret of a grass

What is an awn?

A stiff, narrow, pointed structure that some species of grass have on either the tips or backs of one of their glumes or lemmas

What are common traits of Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae?

- Perianth reduced to small scales, bristles, or nothing - No nectaries; wind or self-pollinated - Superior ovaries - Linear leaves with parallel veins - Many wetland species

Where are Cyperaceae commonly found?

Wetlands, peatlands

Where are Poaceae found?

Wetlands, grasslands and savannas

What are unique traits/differences of Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncacaea?

Poaceae: 2-ranked leaves, ligule, round stem, 3 stamens, 2 stigmas Juncaceae: 3-ranked leaves, no ligule, sheath often open, round stem, 6 stamens, 3stigmas Cyperaceae: 3-ranked leaves, no ligule, sheath closed, triangular stem, 1-3 stamens, 2-3 stigmas

What is the difference between native and introduced Phragmites australis?

Native: - lighter yellow-green - most leaf sheaths missing or very loosely attached to over wintering culms - susceptible to disease (or fungus?) - smaller Introduced: - darker blue-green - nearly all leaf sheaths present over wintering culms - larger

What are characteristics of swamps, marshes, and shallow open waters?

- Generally nutrient-rich, productive sites - Water pH is usually near neutral - High OM content in soil, but well decomposed - Water levels tend to vary seasonally and across years--influx of sediments - Oxygen deprivation is not usually a serious problem--although low oxygen compared with upland soils

What do drainage patterns determine in wetlands?

They determine the type of wetland Salt vs. freshwater Amount of oxygen in soil/water Type of dominant vegetation

What are marshes and what are some characteristics of them?

Wetlands that are periodically inundated by standing or slow-moving water and hence are rich in nutrients - Wet, mineral soil areas - Well-decomposed OM is present - Emergent vegetation of reeds, rushes or sedges, with few woody plants - Subsurface is continuously waterlogged; standing water may or may not be present

What are swamps are what are some of characteristics of them?

Standing or gently moving waters occur seasonally or persist for long periods, leaving the subsurface continuously waterlogged Vegetation dominated by forest or tall shrubs Standing water may or may not be present

What are floodplain forests? What are some characteristics of them?

Forests located next to rivers or lakes that are flooded only seasonally Somewhat open canopy (could be a swamp or more dry, depending on soil texture and topography) Often high silt content in soil Subsurface may or may not always be inundated, so floodplains are not necessarily swamps

What characterizes shallow open water?

Surface waters are 75% free of emergent vegetation, but floating, rooted, aquatic plants may be present Depth of water usually less than 2m at midsummer levels (could vary seasonally) - most of the year has water covering soil Includes lakes and river edges and ponds

List some swamp and floodplain plants common to Southern Quebec that we saw in the field

Acers (rubrum, saccharinum), alnus incana, ulmus americana, thuja occidentalis, salix, osmunda regalis, osmundastrum cinnamomeum, matteuccia struthiopteris, onoclear sensibili, impatiens capensis, etc.

List some common marsh plants, families and genera we learnt in this class?

Salix, alisma, sagittaria, typha, sparganium, iris, phragmites australis, phalaris arundinaceae, potamogeton, lythrum salicaria, osmunda regalis, osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Cyperaceae (carex), juncaceae, poaceae, nymphaceae, etc.