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P. Tax Family Names
Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amborellaceae | woody plant, alternate leaves, only in New Caledonia |
| Nymphaeaceae | water lily family, floating leaves, aquatic family |
| Magnoliaceae | trees with large flowers, many flower parts, aggregate fruits |
| Annonaceae | woody plants, aggregate berries, pawpaw |
| Lauraceae | spicy fragrance, valvate anthers |
| Aristolochiaceae | chordate, inferior ovary |
| Ceratophyllaceae | aquatic, submerged family, dichotomous, filamentous leaves |
| Ranunculaceae | herbaceous, many stamens, variable in flowers and leaves, ability to live in and out of water |
| Berberidaceae | barbs are spines, fruit type is berry, valvate anthers |
| Papavaraceae | poppy family, normally brightly colored sap, herbs |
| Platanaceae | woody plants, mostly trees, flowers in spherical heads (unisexual), bark that flakes off in different colors |
| Vitaceae | strictly woody vines with tendrils |
| Altingiaceae | unisexual flowers in heads, trees, has resin, fruit type is a multiple capsule (spiky) |
| Crassulaceae | succulent family, CAM photosynthesis |
| Saxifragaceae | woody and herb, opposite and alternate, radial flowers, 2 styles, mostly 5-merous (sepals and petals) |
| Oxalidaceae | leaves open and close, 3 leaflets |
| Euphorbiaceae | milky sap, cyathium inflorescence (tiny male and female flowers on same inflorescence), ovary looks like 3 balls in a bag |
| Salicaceae | woody plants, dioecious, catkins for both male and female, hairy seeds, willow family, tend to grow near water |
| Passifloraceae | filamentous corona structure, passionfruit family, fruit is a berry with aerols |
| Violaceae | bilateral symmetry, bearded petals, bent style, herb |
| Hypericaceae | A.K.A. Guttiferae (meaning spots or resin dots), fascicled stamens (many) |
| Fabaceae | A.K.A. Leguminaceae, legume fruit type |
| Rosaceae | many stamens, hypanthium, fruit type is hips (only in genus Rosa) or pomes |
| Ulmaceae | asymmetrical leaf faces, fruit type is usually samara |
| Cannabaceae | small ring flowers, palmate venation |
| Moraceae | mulberry family, milky sap, multiple fruits, dioecious |
| Urticaceae | Urt Hurts, stinging hairs |
| cucurbitaceae | completely unique habit among these families, herbaceous vines with tendrils, unique fruit type is pepo |
| Families with long fibers and 2 styles or carpels | Ulmaceae, Cannabaceae, Moraceae, Urticaceae |
| Families that are basal flowering plants | Magnoliaceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceea, Aristolochoiaceae |
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