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Systematic Botany
Each card is a family
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PINACEAE | Cone scales with double seed parking can have fascicled leaves attenuata / monophylla Pseudotsuga meziesii (mousefeet bracts) male cones at the terminal single leaves, with pronounced leaf scars |
| CUPRESSACEAE | Redwoods and cypress Sequoia sempervirens lower tier - needle leaves upper tier - awl-like leaves Hersperocyparis macrocarpa - Monterey cypress scale-like leaves fleshy female cones; reduced males blue fleshy scales resemble berries |
| LAURELACEAE | pellucid dots avocadoes (DRUPES) leaves slightly acuminate notable brown leaf scars VALVATE ANTHERS (3 middle, 6 outside lol? |
| AMBORELLACEAE | tepals lobed leaves vaguely dentate (thorns?) pistils very open, represents ancestral design (folded over leaves) axillary inflorescence |
| WINTERACEAE | enlarged ovaries; style greatly reduced stems with slight red hue (xmas vibes) basic leaves idk infinite number of whols besides sepals |
| MAGNOLIACEAE | crazy aggregate follicles can occasionally have pellucid dots spirally arranged parts red/orange seeds |
| RANUNCULACEAE | leaves in multiples of 3's. <-- look for this can have hummingbird nectar spurs, greatly reduced petals, infinite A's & G's, dentate leaves flowers bilateral or radial |
| PAPAVERACEAE | POPPIES!!!!!. intensely lobed or dissected leaves usually. tend to have parietal placentation carpels often fused; septa not always present deciduous sepals |
| PROTEACEAE | CRAZY large inflorescences, resemble corn cobs. "valvate" perianth. style pushes out the tepals. Banksia fruit: aggregate follicles, look like MOUTHS. |
| CRASSULACEAE | waxy leaves. cyme inflorescences 2 whorls of 5 stamens |
| SAXIFRAGACEAE | superior or inferior basal rosette (rises above leaves) with cyme inflorescences bilobed stigmas lobed palmate leaves capsule fruits |
| FABACEAE | legumes pinnately compound leaves, often kind of flattened/folded onto each other enhanced stipules (mimoisoideae) subfamilies: mimosoideae, caesalpinoideae (tiny terminal beans), faboid (beans) caesalpinoid flowers sometimes remain |
| SALICACEAE | no perianth lol capsules/CATKINS. diecious includes willows and cottonwoods. |
| ROSACEAE | hypanthium perianth 5 showy flowers, sometimes bilateral????? leaves varied, but often serrated. many stamens |
| FAGACEAE | nuts super spiny caps OAKS catkins (not terminal), leaves dentate |
| CUCURBITACEAE | very inferior ovary. sometimes perianth dries & remains as fruit develops parietal placentation in berries/pepos. VINES palmate venation in leaves monoecious flowers nodes multi-dimensional |
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