Angiosperms: Rosids

Crassulaceae

• succulent leaves 

• distinct stamens; same number as petals or twice as many

• 4-5 distinct carpels

Crassulaceae

Rhodiola

King’s Crown

Salicaceae

• shrub or trees

• alternate, stipulate, simple leaves

• imperfect catkins

• dioecious

• 2-4 connate stames

Salicaceae

Populus

Cottonwood, Aspen

Salix

Willow

Populus catkins

Salix catkins

Fabaceae

• alternate leaves, commonly pinnately compound

• zygomorphic flowers

• 5 connate sepals

• often 10 stamens; 9 connate, 1 distinct

• 1 carpel

Fabaceae

Legume

a dry dehiscent fruit derived from a single carpel that dehisces along both the midvein and the suture

Faboideae

Subfamily of Fabaceae

Faboideae

Betulaceae

• trees or shrubs

• alternate, simple, stipulate leaves

• monoecious

• catkins

• doubly serrate margins

Betulaceae

Alnus

Betula

Rosaceae

• alternate, stipulate leaves

• hypanthium present

• 5-merous (pentamerous)

• 10 to many distinct stamens developing centripetally

Rosaceae

stipules

the basal appendages borne in pairs by leaves of some plants

pentamerous

5 petals, 5 sepals

hypanthium

a structure derived by adnation of the bases of the perianth elements and stamens

varies from disc-like to cup-shaped, flask-like or long-tubular

Rosoideae

• herbaceous or shrubby 

• 1, 2, or many distinct carpels

• superior ovaries, maturing as aggregates of achenes or druplets

Rosoideae

Prunoideae

• woody plants

• usually 1 carpel

• 1-2 ovules 

• superior ovaries maturing into a drupe

Prunoideae

Maloideae

• woody plants

• 2-5 connate carpels

• inferior ovaries with adnate, fleshy hypanthium

• fruits a pome

Maloideae

Geraniaceae

• herbs or shrubs

• various leaves; sometimes palmately dissected

• 5-merous

• 5-15 stamens

• often have schizocarpic capsule

Geraniaceae

Geranium

Onagraceae

• herbs or shrubs

• various leaves; simple, stipulate

• hypanthium present

• 4-10 distinct stamens

• 4 connate carpels

• 4-5 connate sepals forming a tube

• 4-5 distinct petals

Onagraceae

Brassicaceae

• herbs or shrubs

• alternate, estipulate leaves

• racemes of perfect, regular flowers

• 4-merous, distinct

• 6 stamens; 4 tall, 2 short

• 2 connate carpels

• fruit a silique or silicle

Brassicaceae

Malvaceae

• leaves alternate, simple, stipulate

• 5 sepals, often subtended by bracts

• 5 distinct petals

• many, centrifugal stamens, connate into a tube

• 4-many connate carpels in a superior ovary

Malvaceae

Saxifragales

Crassulaceae

Malpighiales

Salicaceae

Fabales

Fabaceae

Fagales

Betulaceae

Rosales

Rosaceae

Geraniales

Geraniaceae

Myrtales

Onagraceae

Brassicales

Brassicaceae

Malvales

Malvaceae

Fabaceae Subfamily

Faboideae

Rosaceae Subfamily

Rosoideae, Prunoideae, Maloideae

Crassulaceae

Crassula (Jade)

Crassulaceae

Rhodiola (King’s Crown)

Crassulaceae

Sedum (Stonecrop)

Faboideae

Robinia

Faboideae

Lathyrus

Faboideae

Lupinus

Fabaceae

Phaseolus vulgaris (Beans)

Rosaceae

Rosa blanda

Rosoideae

Fallugia paradoxa

Prunoideae (Drupoideae)

Prunus virginiana

Maloideae (Pomoideae)

Amelanchier

Geraniaceae

Geranium richardsonii

Onagraceae

Fuchsia

Onagraceae

Chamieron

Onagraceae

Oenothera (Evening Primrose)

Brassicaceae

Erysimum capitatum

Brassicaceae

Cardamine cordifolia

Brassicaceae

Physaria acutifolia

Malvaceae

Gossypium (Cotton)

Malvaceae

Sidalcea candida (Checker-Bloom)