Plant Tax Exam 5 Pt 1

Inflorescence is called a verticillaster; often has square stems and aromatic

Lamiaceae

Leaves are simple, entire, opposite and produce a toxic milky latex; filaments modified into appendages that form hoods and sometimes horns

Asclepidaceae

Arcuate venation; has silky threads in leaves

Cornaceae

Name means bell-shaped; mostly herbs

Campanulaceae

Many species found in bogs; usually twice as many stamens as corolla lobes; have coriaceous, persistent leaves

Ericaceae

Similar to Apiaceae family, but umbels are not compound; leaves have stipules that don’t sheath stem

Araliaceae

Compound umbel; has many-veined petioles that sheath the stem

Apiaceae

Opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules

Rubiaceae

Has helicoid or scorpoid cymes

Boraginaceae

Flowers often have a pappus instead of sepals; inflorescence is a capitulum

Asteraceae

Flowers are often paired and joined at the ovaries; flowers are zygomorphic

Caprifoliaceae

Mostly twining vines, mostly w/ milky sap; corolla very connate, star-like pattern of creases in funnelform flowers, plicate, twisted in bud; lots of weedy species

Convolvulaceae

Corolla is rotate to salverform or funnelform, plicate; includes tomatoes and bell peppers

Solanaceae

Insectivorous; has modified leaves that entrap insects

Sarraceniaceae