Lecture 3 Flashcards
What family did we review in the Arecales order?
Arecaceae (palm family)
What families did we review in the Commelinales order?
Commelinaceae
Ponteridaceae
What families did we review in the Zingiberales?
Musaceae
Zingiberaceae
Cannaceae
What families did we review in the Poales order?
Bromeliaceae
Typhaceae
Juncaceae
Cyperaceae
Poaceae
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
List some common traits of the Arecaceae family
- Big meristem at top of plant
- Strong fibrous cells
- Restricted to tropics because no dormancy mechanisms
What family is the banana in?
Musaceae
What family is tumeric, ginger, galangal,in?
Zingiberaceae (ginger family)
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
What is the habitat of the Typhaceae family (cattail family)?
Found throughout the world in freshwater wetland habitats
What are the two genera in Typhaceae family?
Sparganium (bur-reeds)
Typha (cattails)
Describe typha flowers
Staminate flower: 3 stamens and bristle perianth
Carpellate flower: single ovary and bristle perianth
Achene fruits with pappus
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
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
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
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