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17 Cards in this Set
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Renunculaceae |
Leaves alternate, often lobed or compound (usually in 3's), flowers bisexual/actinomorphic Sepals and petals often 5(6) distinct Stamens numerous Carpels numerous Fruit an aggregate of follicles or achenes |
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Amaranthaceae |
Leaves simple, veins obscure Actinomorphic flowers, often small and reduced in dense clusters associated with bracts Pollen with 7+ pores Fruit a circumscissile capsule or small and indehescent |
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Caryophyllaceae |
Stems with swollen nodes Leaves opposite, simple, entire, often narrow with connected bases Flowers usually cymes Petals often with apical notch Flowers usually pink, white or red Fruits usually dried capsules |
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Cactaceae |
Flowers often showy, bisexual, solitary, actinomorphic Tepals numerous, often undifferentiated Stamens numerous |
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Brassicaceae (the mustard family/Cruciferae) |
4 Sepals 4 Petals 6 Stamen (4 tall 2 short) Fruit: outside walls of seed pod fall away, leave interior membrane intact - Silicle: short and fat - Silique: long and thin Leaves mostly alternate simple but can be compound Fruit (like legume-ish but smaller) |
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Euphorbiaceae (the spurges) |
Leaves: simple and alternate w/ stipules (hairs glands or spines) Flowers: small, radial symmetry, unisexual (has either stamen or pistil), petals and sepals may be absent Superior ovary 3 style per ovary, style usually forked or branched Monoecious vs. Dioecious: gendered flowers occur both on one plant vs. on different plants Cyathium: cup like flower structure |
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Rosaceae |
Endosperm absent Stipules often petiolar Leaves often compound stipulate and serrate Fruit fleshy in a variety of ways Flowers: bisexual, flat or cupped shape, radially symmetric, multiples of 4 or 5 petals, many species bear a hypanthium |
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Fabaceae (Leguminosae/ the bean family) |
Alternate, Simple to compound leaves or tendrils Bilateral to radially shaped flowers, 5 petals Nitrogen fixing (rhizobia bacteria) Fruit (think pea pod) |
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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) |
Hollow stem Leaves aromatic, alternate compound Petiole sheathing Inflorescence in simple or compound umbels Flowers yellow or white Structurally monoecious, sometimes functionally dioecious Female reproductive structures: - ovary - stylopodium - mature ovary - schizocarp |
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Solanaceae |
Leaves: simple, alternate, stems and leaves hairy Stipules lacking Flowers: actinomorphic, bisexual, sepals and petals in 5 (fused) Calyx 5 parted, enlarged around fruit 5 epipetalous stamens, superior ovary |
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Lamiaceae (mints/Labiatae) |
Square stems Leaves: simple, simple opposite, sometimes whorled, toothed and either heart shaped or rounded at base, aromatic Flowers: bisexual, zygomorphic in whorls or clusters in axils Sepals: fused 5 lobed Corolla: 3 lipped Stamens : often 4, w/ 2 pairs of different lengths Fruit: indehiscent, containing four 1-seeded nutlets |
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Asteraceae (Compositae) |
Flowers: composite (made of other smaller flowers), sunrays = larger on edge, sundisk = smaller in middle, entire head = pseudoanthium, protective involucre often present Fruits: achenes (dry and single seeded) |
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Poaceae (cereals, bamboos, lawn grasses) |
Stems: hollow, except at the nodes Leaves: narrow, alternate, form sheath (with ligule) Flowers: reduced and arranged in spikelets, perfect or unisex (usually perfect) |
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Juncaceae (the rush family) |
Stems: solid, round Flowers: terminal, highly branched, or occasionally condensed, bisexual, actinomorphic, tepals 6, imbricate Seeds: small and numerous |
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Cyperaceae (the sedges) |
Stem: triangular Leaves: 3-ranked, elongate, often basal, sheath closed Flowers: small often unisexual, many subtended by a single bract, perianth lacking or highly reduced |
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Arecaceae (the Palms) |
Leaves: either palmately or pinnately compound Flower: spike surrounded by one or more bracts that become woody when mature. individual flowers are small, radially symmettrical and uni or bi sexual, sepals and petals - 3 each, 6 stamen Fruit: single seeded drupe |
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Liliaceae |
Flowers: hermaphroditic, usually actinomorphic, large and showy, perianth w/ two trimerous whorls of tepals and petals Leaves: alternate, simple, entire; some whorled or in basal rosette Pollen: monosulcate |
