Monots (Class Liliopsida) Flashcards
Monocots
Class Liliopsida
Family Poaceae
Grass Family
Family Poaceae Characteristics
- Flowers modified, irregular, bracts
- No Normal sepals,petals
- Stamens separate
- Ovary is superior, 2-3 Carpels, 1 locule
- Leaves parallel veined, sheathe base (alternate)
- Stems round, nodes
Examples of Family Poaceae
- Bristle or Velcro Grass
- Corn-Raven
- Sugar Cane
- Grass Flowers
- Herbs
- Sugarcane
- Bamboo
Rachilla
The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets.
Palea
the upper bract of the floret of a grass.
Lemma
the lowermost of two chaff-like bracts enclosing the grass floret.
Glume
A boat shaped bract on grass
Family Liliaceae
Lily Family
Characteristics of Family Liliaceae
- Regular flowers, 6 tepals
- 6 stamens, 1 pistil with 3 carpels
- leaves long, linear venation
- Form bulbs
Venation
the arrangement of veins in a leaf lamina
Examples of Family Liliceae
- Tiger Lily
- Daylily
- Onions
- Agave
- Garlic
- Daffodil
- Aloe Vera
- Avalanche lily
- Datilillo tree (lily)
False Hellebore
Causes birth defects in animals known as Cyclopes
What is the biggest family?
Family Orchidaceae
Characteristics of Family Ochidaceae?
- 3 sepals, 3 petals, irregular
- Stamens & pistil united into column
- pollen in pollina
- inferior to ovary
- many tiny seeds
Examples of Family Orchidaceae
- Fairy slipper orchid
- White rein orchid
- Ghost orchid
- Vanilla
Epiphytes
Living on trees of tree fern
Family Iridaceae
Iris Family
Characteristics of Family Iridaceae
- Perennial but die back
- Bulb, corm, or rhizome
- Parallel leaf veins
- Flowers:
-Perfect- 3 sepals, petals, stamens
- Regular or bilateral symmetry
- Stigmas/styles often petalois
Examples of Family Iridaceae
- Yellow Iris
- Western Blue Flag
- Golden-eyed grass
Family Arecaceae
Palm Family
Characteristics of Family Arecacea
- Shrubs or Trees
- Unbranched stem
- Spiraled crown of large, compound leaves (pinnate or palmate)
- Flowers white, regular, 3 sepals, petals
- Fruit is usually a drupe
Examples of Family Arecaceae
- Date Palm
- Coconut Palm
- Mexican Fan palm
- Royal Palms
- Beetle nut Palms
- Oil palms
Family Potamogatonaceae
Pondweed Family
Characteristics of Family Potamogatonaceae
- Aquatic, freshwater
- Usually floating or rhizomes
- Flowers: Perfect, parts in 4’s often spikes
- Perennial
- Leaves are dimorphic
Examples of Family Potamogatonaceae
- pondweed
Family Zosteraceae
Eelgrass Family
Characteristics of Family Zosteraceae
- Aquatic, estuaries or sea
- Temperate & subtropical
- Rhizomes
- Flowers: Imperfect; male=anther, female = 2-carpellate pistil
- Monoecious or dioecious
- Pollinated underwater
Examples of Family Zosteraceae
- Surfgrass (Phyllospadix)
- Zostera (Eelgrass)
