Plant tax Final Plant Families

Onagraceae

pinnate veins, flowers in parts of fours, loculicidal capsule, crazy long hypanthium, 4 lobed stigma

Brassicaceae

basal rosette, in 4s with cruciate petals, elongated claw, berry fruit, gynophore, tetradynamous androecium

Malvaceae

hairs common, alternate leaves, palmate veins, nut, in 5s, nectaries, androgynophore

Anacardiaceae

alternate and sprial, trifoliate dcompound, pinnate veins, resin that dries black, drupe, parts in 5s, imperfect, small flowers. 

Caryophyllaceae

herbs, swollen nodes- colored pigments, simple opposite leaves connected at nodes, capsule fruit, sepaloid tepals with petaloid staminodes (bilobed and clawed)

Amaranthaceae

alternate leaves, red and yellow pigments, achene, in 3-5s white/papery tepals. anthers opposite tepals, persistent bracts

Cactaceae

succulents, spines, areole, berry fruit, numerous spiral petaloid tepals, hypanthium, numerous stamens

Polygonaceae

swollen nodes, ocrea present, alternate spiral simple leaves, red or purple coloration, achene, persistent perianth, petals and sepals or tepals.

Cornaceae

woody, simple opposite entire leaves, in 4s, big showy bracts, drupe, nectar disk on ovary. stamens alternate of petals. 

Ericaceae

woody, simple leaves, pendulous, berry, 4 bell shaped petals, nectary at corolla base, anthers inverted with 2 pores. 

Solanaceae

alternate and spiral leaves, simple, pinnate veins, berry fruit with flattened seed, in connate in 5s, clearly pilcate/convolute. stamensd epipetalous

Convolvulaceae

vines/climbing, alternate spiral simple leaves, circumscissile capsule, parts in 5s, funnel shaped petals, pilcate, unequal filaments, can be parasitic

Rubiaceae

oppostie/whorled leaves that are simple and entire, heterostylous, speticidal capsule, parts in 4-5s, petals salverform, nectar disk above ovary

Apocynaceae

simple entire leaves, opposite decussate, pinnate venation, with hairs at leaf base, follicle fruit, in 5s, reflexed sepals and sometimes petals (hood/horn structrues) anthers and stigmas make gynostegium.

Plantaginaceae

simple leaves, pinnate if on stem- parallel if basal (Plantago), capsule fruit, 5 connate bilabiate petals. didynamous, sometimes staminode, 2 lobed stigma

Bignonaceae

woody, compound leaves, showy flowers, elongated capsule fruit, perianth in 5s, didynamous and epipetalous with sagittate anthers,

Verbenaceae

x stem, simple leaves, decussate, opposite, drupe, perianth in 5s, nectar disk present, TERMINAL STYLE, unlobed ovary 

Lamiaceae

x stem, simple leaves, decussate, opposite, drupe, perianth in 5s, nectar disk present, BASAL STYLE, deeply 4 lobed ovary 

Apiaceae

herbs, internodes hollow, alternate and spiral, petiole sheathing, umbell with bracts, schizocarp fruit, in 5s, petals inflexed, nectar secreting stylopodium

Caprifoliaceae

opposite leaves, umbellate, capsule fruit, in 5s, tubular petals, nectaries, big shiny pollem, elongated inferior ovary with capitate stigma