Ranuculaceae Flashcards

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Habit

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Herbs, shrubs, vines

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Leaves

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Alternate, simple or compound, lobed or dissected. Margins dentate or serrate. Pinnate to palmate venation.

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Inflorescence

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Cyme, raceme, panicle or a single flower

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4
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Flowers

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Often showy, radial to bilateral, bisexual. Receptacle varies from short to elongate

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5
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Calyx & Corolla

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5 sepals, distinct, often petaloid

5 petals, distinct, sometimes with nectar glands

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Stamens & Carpels

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Stamens: numerous, arranged spirally around receptacle Carpels: 1-numerous, arranged spirally around receptacle

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7
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Ovary

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Superior

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Placentation

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Parietal

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Fruit

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Aggregate of follicles, aggregate of achenes, berries

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Floral formula

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*/X, T4-∞ or K5, C5, A∞, G1-∞ (underlined)

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