Angiosperms Quiz: Asterid

areole

unusual pad-like axillary buds that usually bear spines

glochidia

tiny deciduous barbed spines that are borne together with larger spines from the areoles

Cactaceae

• trees, shrubs, small to very large stem succulents

• leaves alternate, simple, often highly reduced or absent

• flattened axillary buds and pad-like areoles

• perfect, regular flowers

• 2 carpels in an inferior ovary

Cactaceae

Pereskioideae

• Cactaceae subfamily

• most primitive

• leafy trees and shrubs with scarcely succulent stems

Pereskioideae

Opuntioideae

• Cactaceae subfamily

• reduced leaves

• jointed stems

• produce glochids

Opuntioideae

Cactoideae

• Cactaceae subfamily

• leaves are extremely reduced

• stems are generally not jointed

• glochids are absent

Cactoideae

Caryophyllaceae

• herbs

• often with swollen nodes

• opposite leaves

• perfect, regular flowers

• clawed petals, often notched at the apex

• 5-merous

• 10 distinct stamens, 2-5 connate carpels

Caryophyllaceae

ocrea

peculiar stipules that are united into a membranous sheath that enwraps the stem above the node

Polygonaceae

• herbs/shrubs

• variable leaves

• ocrea stipules

• hypanthium often present

• petals absent, 2-5 sepals 

• 3-9 distinct stamens, 2-3 connate carpels

Polygonaceae

ocrea

Polemoniaceae

• herbs or shrubs

• variable leaves

• perfect, regular flowers

• 5-merous

• 5 stamens alternate to petals, adnate to corolla

• 3 connate carpels in a superior ovary

Polemoniaceae

gynobasic style

style that attaches at the bottom of the center of the 4-lobed ovary

gynobasic style

Boraginaceae

• herbs or shrubs

• alternate, simple leaves

• 5-merous, connate petals

• 5 distinct stamens, 2 connate carpels

• 4-lobed ovary

• gynobasic style

Boraginaceae

Lamiaceae

• herbs or shrubs

• stems usually 4-angled

• opposite, simple leaves

• 5-merous, connate petals and sepals 

• 2 or 4 distinct stamens adnate to corolla 

• 2 connate carpels in a superior ovary

• 4-lobed ovary with gynobasic style

Lamiaceae

Plantaginaceae

• herbaceous 

• leaves alternate, simple, sometimes forming a basal rosette

• 5-merous, connate petals

• 2 connate carpels, distinct stamens adnate to corolla

Plantaginaceae

Orobanchaceae

• herbs

• lacking cholorphyll

• parasitic

• perfect, irregular flowers

• 5 connate petals

• 4 distinct stamens adnate to corolla

• 2 connate carpels

Orobanchaceae

Apiaceae

• herbs

• alternate or basal leaves

• sheathing petioles

• inflorescence of compound umbels

• 5-merous

• 5 distinct stamens, alternate with petals

• 2 connate carpels in an inferior ovary often subtended by a bulging stylopodia

Apiaceae

Opuntioideae

Cylindropuntia

Opuntioideae

Opuntia

Opuntioideae

Nopalea

Pereskioideae

Pereskia

Cactoideae

Cereus

Cactoideae

Echinocactus

Cactoideae

Ferocactus

Cactoideae

Carnegiea

Caryophyllaceae

Dianthus caryophyllus

Caryophyllaceae

Cerastium beeringianum

Caryophyllaceae

Silene acaulis

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum racemosum

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum umbellatum

Polygonaceae

Oxyria digyna

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae

Ipomopsis

Phlox

Polemoniaceae

Phlox

Boraginaceae

Lithospermum

Boraginaceae

Mertensia

Lamiaceae

Agastache

Lamiaceae

Prunella vulgaris

Scrophulariaceae

traditional grouping for plants with: 

• herbs or shrubs

• variable leaves

• 5-merous, connate

• 4 or 2 stamens

• 2 connate carpels 

Plantaginaceae

Linaria vulgaris

Penstemon

Plantaginaceae

Penstemon

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae

Castilleja

Orobanchaceae

Orobanche

Orobanchaceae

Pedicularis

Apiaceae

Herecleum

Apiaceae

Ligusticum porteri

Caryophyllales

Cactaceae Order

Caryophyllales

Caryophyllaceae Order

Caryophyllales

Polygonaceae Order

Ericales

Polemoniaceae Order

Boraginales

Boraginaceae Order

Lamiales

Lamiaceae Order

Lamiales

Scrophulariaceae Order

Lamiales

Plantaginaceae Order

Lamiales

Orobanchaceae Order

Apiales

Apiaceae Order

capitulum

inflorescence type of Asteraceae, including the compound receptacle

phyllaries

involucral bracts surrounding the head of an Asteraceae inflorescence

pappus

modified sepals in Asteraceae that can be bristly or scaly

Asterales

Asteraceae Order