Plant Family Characteristics Flashcards by Mortal Bean | Brainscape

Q

Pigweed Family

A

Sepals, no petals (apetalae)

Flowers subtended by small bristly bracts

Fruit is a capsule

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Grass Family

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2-ranked leaves

Round or Flat stems

Parallel veined

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Lily Family

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6 stamens

Parallel veined

Leaves alternate or whorled and entire

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What plant families are Apetalae?

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(flowers have no petals, only sepals)

buckwheat/smartweed
pigweed
goosefoot
hemp

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What plant families are polypetalae?

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(flowers have separate petals and sepals)

mustard
legume
mallow

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What plant families are sympetalae?

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(petals and/or sepals are fused)

mint
nightshade
Asteraceae
bindweed
milkweed

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Buckwheat(Smartweed) Family

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has an ochrea

sepals, no petals

fruit is an achene

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Hemp Family

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sepals, no petals

dioecious

flowers are regular in shape

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Goosefoot Family

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sepals, no petals

fruit is a capsule or achene

no bracts at base of flower

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Mustard Family

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4 petals and sepals

polypetalae

6 stamens, 4 long–2 short

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Legume Family

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10 stamens, 9 fused, 1 free

fruit is a capsule (legume)

pair of stipules at the base of all leaves

butterfly-like flowers (5 petals, 2 fused)

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Mallow Family

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leaves alternate, usually simple

many stamen fused in a tube around the ovary

fruit is a capsule

5 separate petals and sepals (not fused)

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Mint Family

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flowers are irregular (bilabiate)

fruit is a capsule

leaves are opposite

square stems

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Nightshade Family

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5 fused petals and 5 fused sepals also fused at the base

fruit is a berry or capsule

tend to be aromatic and poisonous

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Bindweed Family

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5 petals fused into a tube

5 sepals, generally not fused

fruit is a capsule

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Milkweed Family

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5 fused, reflexed petals with sepals arranged on a 5-parted cup

extra floral whorl called the Corona

flowers are regular in shape

fruit is a follicle

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Asteraceae Family

A

inflorescence is a head

fruit is an achene

involucre present

Q

Sedge Family

A

3 ranked leaves

parallel veined

triangular stems