Quiz 10: Eudicots: PLANT FINAL

What is the synapomorphy of Eudicots?

1. vessels 

2.   vasculature in atactostele 

3.   Pollen tricolpate or tricolpate derived 

4.   Sieve tube plastid protenaceous

pollen tricolpate or tricolpate derived

How many species exist in this group? Monocots:

20%

How many species exist in this group? Eudicots:

75%

How many species exist in this group? Basal Angiosperm

<5%

Match the following species on the right family: Papaveraceae

Dendromecon Harfordii

Match the following species on the right family: Nelumbo nucifera

Nelumbonaceae

Match the following species on the right family: Argemone minuta

Papaveraceae

Match the following species on the right family: Platanus racemosa

Platanaceae

Match the following species on the right family: Telopeia speciosimmia

Proteaceae

 Select all features found in the family Papaveraceae

1. axial placentation 

2.   usually numerous stamens 

3.   ovary inferior 

4.   loculicidal or poricidal capsule 

5.   perianth dichlamydeous, triseriate

numerous stamens; loculicidal or poricidal capsule; perianth dichlamydeous, triseriate

Look at the dichotomous key for Papaveraceae https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_keys.php?key=214Links to an external site.

Determine what is this species.

1. Romneya trichocalyx 

2.   Argemone munita 

3.   Romneya coulteri 

4.   Meconella oregana 

5.   Fumaria officinalis

Argemone Munita

During your internship at the national herbarium you discover the specimen of an undescribed species. The specimen was collected in Australia a century ago. The flowers of this species has a perianth with only one series, the calix, The androecium is compound by four stamens and the superior gynecium is derived from one carpel only. To which of the following families does this species belong?

1. Nelumbonaceae 

2.   Platanaceae 

3.   Papaveraceae 

4.   Proteaceae 

5.   Crassulaceae

Proteaceae

Match the following species with the right family: Dudleya brevifolia

Crassulaceae

Match the following species with the right family:Crassula Ovata

Crassulaceae

Match the following species with the right family: Manihot esculenta

Euphorbiaceae

Match the following species with the right family: Euphorbia millii

Euphorbiaceae

Match the following species with the right family: Salix lasiolepis

Salicaceae

What of the following families is well known by its medicinal properties due to the presence of acetylsalicylic acid?

1. Platanaceae 

2.   Papaveraceae 

3.   Cannabaceae 

4.   Salicaceae 

Salicaceae

What is true about Populus fremontii (Western Cottonwood)?

1. It has simple leaves with truncate base 

2.   It has simple leaves with parallel venation 

3.   It has male catkins on the top branches and perfect flowers on the lower branches 

4.   It belongs to the family Salicaceae 

5.   It is dioecious and the male flowers are produced in catkins

It has simple leaves with truncate base;

It belongs to the family Salicaceae;

It is dioecious and the male flowers are produced in catkins

What of the following families has CAM photosinthesis?

1. Agavaceae 

2.   Salicaceae 

3.   Crassulaceae 

4.   Cactaceae 

5.   Nelumbonaceae

Agavaceae, Crassulaceae, Cactaceae

What is this plant?

1. A member of the family Cyperaceae 

2.   A member of the family Oxalidaceae 

3.   A member of the family Salicaceae 

4.   A member of the family Crassulaceae

Crassulaceae

Match the following trait to the right subfamily in Euphorbiaceae: inflorescence a Cyathium

Euphorbioideae

Match the following trait to the right subfamily in Euphorbiaceae: Milky (white) latex

Euphorbioideae

Match the following trait to the right subfamily in Euphorbiaceae: Colored latex

Crotonoideae

Match the following trait to the right subfamily in Euphorbiaceae: The genus Acalypha is in this family

Acalyphoideae

Which of the following families have the following attributes?

The leaves are often trifoliolate and the leaflets often folding at night and expand during the day. The flowers have both androecium and gynoecium and five petals, basal nectaries are often found at the base of the flower to attract pollinators. After fertilization occurs a loculicidal capsule or berry is formed.

1. Oxalidaceae 

2.   Crassulaceae 

3.   Papaveraceae 

4.   Salicaceae

Oxalidaceae

What genus does the following species belong to?

1. Papaver 

2.   Oxalis 

3.   Populus 

4.   Salix 

5.   Nelumbo

Papaver