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54 Cards in this Set
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Eudicots
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true dicotyledons
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Latex canals, lobed leaves, showy petals, many stamen, superior ovary, dry capsule, minute embryo, alkaloids used for medicine
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Papaveraceae
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Herbs with swollen nodes, simple leaves, opposite leaves, entire leaves, leaves connate between bases, notched petals, 1-locular ovary, free-central placentation, perisperm and curved embryo
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Caryophyllaceae
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Succulent herbs to small trees, enlarged stems, reduced or absent leaves, spines and bristles, showy solitary flowers, 1-locular inferior ovary, berry, curved embryo and perisperm
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Cactaceae
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Lianas, opposite branching, leaves with caducous stipule, coarse toothed margins, 2-carpellate, calyptrate corolla
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Vitaceae
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Herbs to trees, alternate leaves, simple or compound, serrate, actinomorphic flowers, well developed hypanthium, 5 petals, seeds with little to no endosperm
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Rosaceae
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Subfamily, many unfused carpels, aggregate of achenes or drupes, fleshy receptacle
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Rosoideae
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Subfamily, 5 carpels, aggregate of follicles
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Spiraeoideae
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Subfamily, 1 carpel, drupes
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Amygdaloideae
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Subfamily, 5 carpels, inferior ovary, pome
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Maloideae
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Herbs to trees, nitrogen fixing bacteria on roots, stipulate and compound leaves, pulvini, short hypanthium, monadelphous or diadelphous stamens, 1-carpellate gynoecium, legume or loment, seeds without endosperm, also can be follicles/samara/drupe/berry
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Fabaceae
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Subfamily, imbricate corolla, herbs/shrubs/trees, zygomorphic flowers, upright, banner/wings/keel, seeds without U-shaped pleurogram, bacterial root nodules
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Faboideae
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Subfamily, imbricate corolla, trees/shrubs, timber, zygomorphic flowers, pulvinus, flowers in racemes/spikes/cymes
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Caesalpinioideae
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Subfamily, valvate corolla, trees/shrubs, timber, actinomorphic flowers, bi-pinnately compound leaves, stamens more showy than perianth
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Mimosoideae
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Herbaceous, cruciform corolla, tetradynamous stamens, clawed petal, silique or silicle, alternate leaves with basal rosettes, superior ovary, usually racemes
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Brassicaceae
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Herbaceous, unpleasant odor, dehiscent fruit with replum, corymbs, stipulate leaves, 3-7 leaflets, actinomorphic flowers, enlarged abaxial sepal
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Cleomaceae
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Woody habit, elongate gynophores or androgynophores, unilocular ovary, parietal placentation, indehiscent fruit with no replum, raceme
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Capparaceae
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Hickory or walnut family
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Juglandaceae
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Pinnately compound leaves, serrate, inconspicous flowers, imperfect flowers arranged in catkins, drupe-like nut, aromatic, resinous, wind-pollinated, staminate flowers, 2-carpellate inferior ovary, peltate glands and stellate hairs on abaxial leaf surface
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Juglandaceae
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Poppy family
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Papaveraceae
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Pink family
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Caryophyllaceae
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Pea or legume family
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Fabaceae
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Mustard family
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Brassicaceae
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Caper family
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Capparaceae
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Beech or oak family
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Fagaceae
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Reduced imperfect flowers, uniseriate perianth, 3-carpellate ovary, inferior ovary, nuts subtended by involucres, cupule, monoecious, staminate flowers in clusters, pistillate flowers solitary or multiple on spike
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Fagaceae
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Herbs or shrubs, stems jointed at nodes with stipules, pubescence of glandular hairs containing ethereal oils, schizocarp, mericarp when dehisced, actinomorphic to zygomorphic, stylar beak
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Geraniaceae
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Mallow family
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Malvaceae
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Herbs/shrubs/trees, mucilage cells/canals, stellate pubescence, stipulate leaves, hyopogynous showy flowers, numerous fascicled to monadelphous stamens, epicalyx, loculicidal capsule or schizocarp, carpels in ring
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Malvaceae
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Soapberry family
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Sapindaceae
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Herbs/trees/lianas, small flowers, nectariferous disk, 1-seeded and 1-locular by abortion, capsule or schizocarp, no endosperm, mucilaginous epidermal cells, stamens sometimes with hairy filaments
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Sapindaceae
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Maple family
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Aceraceae
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Imperfect flowers, dehiscing schizocarp with one attached segment, no endosperm, big nectariferous disk, carpellate flower
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Aceraceae
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Cashew or sumac family
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Anacardiaceae
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Trees or shrubs, cyme appearing paniculate, actinomorphic flowers, usually imperfect, 5 sepals and petals, 1 pistil, 3-carpellate ovary, superior ovary, drupe, endosperm reduced or absent, curved embryo, resinous parts, big nectariferous disk, some toxic
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Anacardiaceae
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Spurge family
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Euphorbiaceae
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Herbs/vines/shrubs/trees, rubber, alternate leaves usually, stipulate leaves, schizocarp, milky sap, cyme, cyathium, actinomorphic, imperfect flowers, corolla/calyx 5 or absent, 3-carpellate ovary
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Euphorbiaceae
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Willow family
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Salicaceae
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Trees or shrubs, reduced flowers subtended by hairy bract, capsule, seeds with coma, alternate leaves, linear to lanceolate, nectariferous disks, imperfect flowers, water seeking roots
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Salicaceae
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Herbaceous, sometimes succulent, mesophytic to xerophytic, alternate leaves, gland toothed leaves, stipules near base of petioles, free styles, nectariferous disks, follicle or septicidal capsule
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Saxifragaceae
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Witch hazel family
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Hamamelidaceae
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Trees or shrubs, pubescent, small flowers, reduced or absent perianth, 2-carpellate, half inferior ovary, hard styles, woody or leathery capsule, stipulate leaves, actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorhpic, all but one ovule aborted
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Hamamelidaceae
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Heath family
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Ericaceae
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Shrubs to small trees, coriaceous leaves, mycorrhizal roots, perfect showy flowers, campanulate or urseolate corolla, calyx and corolla fused, berries/drupes, capsules, inverted anthers, apical pores
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Ericaceae
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Figwort family
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Scrophulariaceae
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Herbs, simple opposite leaves, perfect flowers, zygomorphic, 4 or 5 lobed corolla, trumpet shaped hypanthium, superior ovary, 2 carpels, septicidal capsule
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Schrophulariaceae
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Herbs, leaves absent or reduced, dry dehiscent capsule, perfect flowers, zygomorphic, raceme or spike, hypanthium, 4 didynamous stamens, 1 staminode, superior ovary, holoparasites
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Orobanchaceae
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Mint family
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Lamiaceae
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Herbaceous, sometimes woody, square stems, secussate leaves, sessile leaves, 5-lobed calyx and corolla, perfect flowers, cymes forming heads, false whorls (verticils), didynamous stamens, forked stigma, superior ovary, false septum, schizocarp with 4 nutlets
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Lamiaceae
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Small trees/shrubs/herbs/lianas, simple leaves, oposite or whorled, interpetiolar stipules, actinomorphic perfect flowers, 4 or 5 calyx/corolla lobes, as many stamen as corolla lobes, capsule/berry/drupe/schizocarp, salverform/rotate/funnelform flowers, inferior ovary, stipules with glands
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Rubiaceae
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Herbs/shrubs/trees, alternate leaves, solitary or cymose flowers, perfect flowers, actinomorphic, 5 fused sepals and petals, rotate to tubular, 2-carpellate, superior ovary, axile placentation, berry or capsule
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Solanaceae
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Carrot or parsley family
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Apiaceae
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Herbs, aromatic, pithy stem hollow at internodes, compound leaves with sheathing petioles, small flowers, umbels, inconspicous calyx, stylopodium, inferor ovary, schizocarp with 2 mericarps
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Apiaceae
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Erect herbs, sometimes shrubs and trees, heads, pappus, taproots sometimes fibrous, stem erect, may have caudices or rhizomes, latex or resin in leaves, 2 fused carpels, inferior ovary, theca, achenes, ray and disc flowers
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Asteraceae
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