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62 Cards in this Set
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Bromeliaceae |
Peltate scales on leaves, flowers brightly colored, fruit is a berry |
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Zingiberaceae |
Aromatic, 2-ranked leaves, sheathing base, has ligule and labellum |
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Caryphyllaceae |
Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Nodes swollen |
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Amaranthaceae |
Wind pollinated, small green bisexuals flowers |
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Cactaceae |
Stem succulent and shiny |
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Droseraceae |
Insectivorous, leaves circinate and sensitive |
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Polygonaceae |
Stipules form ocrea, small flowers |
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Saxifragaceae |
No stipules, has hypanthium |
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Crassulaceae |
CAM photosynthesis, leaved succulent, anther open by 2 flaps |
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Hamamelidaceae |
Spiral arranged, simple, woody |
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Vitaceae |
Alternate leaves, fruit is a berry, most have tendrils opposite leaves |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Flowers unisexual, gynoecium 3 lobed, leaves usually alternate and simple |
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Hypericaceae |
Leaves simple and entire, hold up to light to see translucent spots, many stamens |
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Violaceae |
Simple leaves, distinctive stamens encircle gynoecium |
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Salicaceae |
Leaves alternate, simple, vein expands at tooth apex, wind pollinated, lowest bud scale centered over leaf scar, dioecious |
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Fabaceae |
Fruit is a legume, 1 carpel, leaves alternate and usually compound, has hypanthium |
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Rosaceae |
5-merous, hypanthium, many stamens, leaves toothed and usually alternate |
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Ulmaceae |
Leaves simple, alternate, strong pinnate veins ending in leaf teeth, leaves have asymmetric base |
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Moraceae |
Lactifers, milky sap, leaves simple, flowers unisexual |
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Urticaceae |
Cystoliths, flowers unisexual, filaments in curved in bud and reflexes at antithesis |
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Cannabaceae |
Leaves Palmately lobed or compound, opposite, dioecious |
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Cucurbitaceae |
Tendrils spiral coiled, petals connate, inferior ovary |
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Fagaceae |
Wind pollinated, leaves alternate, simple, stipulate, monoecious, fruit is a nut in a cupule |
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Betulaceae |
Wind, leaves double serrate, stipulate, fruit is a samara or a nut with bract |
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Myricaceae |
Wind pollinated, nitrogen-fixing, leaves alternate, simple, fruit is a drupe or achene, aromatic, small gold scales on leaves |
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Juglandaceae |
Wind pollinated, leaves alternate, pinnate compound, fruit is a large nut or drupe |
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Lythraceae |
Leaves simple and entire, petals wrinkled |
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Onagraceae |
Leaves simple, fruit a capsule, 4-merous, sometimes up to 8 stamens, 4-part gynoecium |
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Brassicaceae |
Leaves alternate, simple, 4-merous, petals form a cross |
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Malvaceae |
Epicalyx, clear slimy sap, stipulate, many stamens |
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Rutaceae |
Stipulate, woody, thorns spines or prickles, aromatic, |
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Anacardiaceae |
fruit=drupe |
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Sapindaceae |
Woody, 2-3 carpels, nectar disk, petals with basal appendage |
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Myricaceae |
Simple, entire, alternate, lactifers |
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Ranunculaceae |
Many stamens |
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Papaveraceae |
Fruit is a capsule, placentation parietal |
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Berberidaceae |
1 carpel, stamens open by flaps |
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Cystolith |
Concrete on of calcium oxylate crystals |
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Cyanthium |
Inflorescence may be colorful while flowers are not |
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Drupe |
1 large seed per fruit |
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Berry |
Many small seeds per fruit |
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Hypanthium |
Fusion of stamen, petal, and sepal to base |
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Cleistogamy |
Flowers stay closed and self-pollenated |
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Chasmogamy |
Open-pollinated |
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Lactifers |
Latex distribution system |
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Invasive species |
China (climate) Europe (exports) Generalists or specialized on disturbance (anthropogenic) Mostly angiosperms, quick reproductive mode, out compete natives, have many defenses and no natural predators |
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Cornaceae |
Acute veination, fruit is a drupe, threads connect veins |
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Primulaceae |
5-merous, simple leaves, placentation free central, fruit a capsule, flowers radial |
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Balsaminaceae |
London nectar tube, bilateral symmetry |
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Ericaceae |
Stamens fused to petals, simple leaves, 5-merous, many stamens |
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Sarraceniaceae |
Leaves tubular, pitcher-like |
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Solanaceae |
Simple alternate leaves, corolla plicate |
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Boraginaceae |
Inflorescence= scirpoid cyme, alternate entire leaves, no stipules |
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Oleaceae |
4-merous, 2 stamens, opposite leaves |
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Gesneriaceae |
4 stamens, didynamous: 2 pairs of different length |
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Plantaginaceae |
Bilateral, fruit is a capsule, undivided alternate leaves |
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Lamiaceae |
Fragrant, square stem, opposite simple leaves, flowers axial |
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Orobanchaceae |
Deeply lobes leaves, parasitic |
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Apiaceae |
Umbel of umbels |
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Asteraceae |
Flowers in heads subtended by phylliaries Sepals=pappis Anthers connate Fruit is an achene |
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Apocynaceae |
Opposite and entire, radial, 5 merous, 2 carpels fused by styles |
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Rubiaceae |
Opposite or whirled, stipules interpetiolar, radial |