446 Plants Review

Magnoliaceae

Tree with bisexual flowers, >15 tepals, laminar stamens, samara, aromatic oils

Lauraceae

Tree with bisexual flowers, simple leaves, floral whorls in parts of 3, valvate anthers, aromatic woody dicot, drupe, tepals

Ranunculaceae

Herb with bisexual flowers & asymm flowers, superior ovary, numerous stamens, tricolpate pollen, follicle/berry, flowers spirally arranged OR distinct whorls

Berberidaceae

Shrub with pinnately compound leaves, floral whorls in parts of 3, valvate anthers, often spiny, berry/follicle, 3-lobed stigma, parietal/basal placentation

Fagaceae

Perennial tree/shrub with simple/compound leaves, unisexual catkin flowers (male numerous stamens vs solitary female), nut fruit, overlapping bracts=cupules, inferior ovary, deciduous & evergreen

Betulaceae

Trees/shrubs with simple doubly serrated leaves, unisexual catkin flowers, samara/nut, tepals/stamens 1-4, inferior ovary

Rosidae

Polypetalous(unfused petals) families like saxifragaceae & rosaceae

Asteridae

± gamopetalous (fused petals) families like asteraceae (connate petals fused into a tube around rest of stamens & pistil)

Sapindaceae

Woody trees/shrubs, leaves opposite/alt, bisexual OR unisexual (dio, mono, OR androecious)

Maples - historically aceraceae

Woody trees/shrubs, leaves simple palmate opposite, 4-5 parted, nectary disk in staminal whorls, samaroid schizocarp, deciduous, mostly wind pollinated, distinctive lobed leaves, acorn fruit

Brassicaceae - mustard family

Herbaceous flower with 4 parted cross-shaped petals/cruciform corolla, tetradynamous (4 long + 2 short stamens), superior ovary with replum(false septum), silique OR silicle

Salicaceae

Salix(willows) & Populus(cottonwoods, poplars, aspen), trees/shrubs, leaves simple with salicoid teeth, often serrated margins, dioecious(no perianth), catkins with hairy bracts/seeds, ovary superior, cup like bracts NOT perianth, capsule

Violaceae

Tropical trees/shrubs, leaves simple often cordate, zygomorphic flowers with nectar spur, 5 petals/stamen, ovary superior(3 fused carpels), capsule

Saxifragaceae

Herbaceous plant, leaves simple palmate/serrate, basal rosette, actinmorphic flowers with 5 sepals/petals, stamens 5-10 & carpels 2-3 partially fused, ovary positions/hypanthium various