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 |