Transcript Subclass: Liliidae Order: Liliales Family: Liliaceae  1. Herbaceous perennials 2. Actinomorphic 3. 3-merous (6 stamen) 4.

Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
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1. Herbaceous perennials
2. Actinomorphic
3. 3-merous (6 stamen)
4. Ovary mostly superior
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Lilium, Smilacina, Allium
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Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
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1. Herbaceous perennials
2. Equitant Leaves
3. Mostly Irregular, Actinomorphic
4. 3-merous (3 stamen)
5. Ovary mostly inferior
6. Fruit: capsule
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Iris, Gladiolus, Crocus, Sisyrinchum
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Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
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1. Herbs with succulent stems.
2. Leaves with closed basal
sheath.
3. Sepals 3, green.
4. Petals usually 3, usually blue.
5. Filaments often hairy.
6. Ovary superier; 3 carpels, 3
locules.
7. Six (6) stamen, 3 often
stamenoid.
Trandescantia “spiderwort”
Commelina “day flower”
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae “magnolia”
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1. Trees or shrubs.
2. Leaves alternate,simple,
stipulate.
3. Solitary flowers; perfect;
regular.
4. Numerous flower parts spirally
arranged.
Liriodendron, Magnolia
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
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1. Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes shrubs or vines
2. Leaves mostly alternate, often palmately divided
3. Flowers typically bisexual, actinomorhic or zygomorphic
4. Calyx 3 to many; corolla 5 to many
5. Androecium 5 to many
6. Gynecium 3 to many pistils; superior on knob
Ranunculus (“buttercups”), “columbine”, “larkspurs”,
“virgin’s bower”
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
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1. Herbs
2. Leaves simple, often dissected
3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
5. Corolla usually 4 petals - cross
6. Androecium of 6 stamen: 4 long, 2 short
7. Gynecium a compound pistil with 2 carpels, 2 locules
8. Fruit: a silique or silicle
Brassica, “mustards”, “shepard’s purse”
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family:Polemoniaceae
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1. Herbs, shrubs, rarely trees
2. Flowers bisexual and actinomorphic
3. 5-merous and twisted in the bud
4. Calyx of 5 united sepals
5. Corolla of 5 united petals
6. One style; 3 stigma lobes
7. Fruit: a loculicidal capsule
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Polemonium (“Jacob’s ladder”), Phlox, Gila
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SubclassRosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
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1. Aromatic biennial or perennial herbs with hollow leaf stems.
2. Leaves compound with sheathing bases.
3. Inflorescence umbellate.
4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 5-merous; 2 carpels.
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Ca5, Co5, A5, G2
Daucus (“wild carrot”), Conium (“poison hemlock”),
Pastinaca (“wild parsnip”), Sanicula (“black snakeroot”)
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
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1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
2. Leaves opposite; simple; connected at the base with a transverse
line.
3. Bisexual; actinomorphic; 5-merous (stamen 5 or 10).
4. Pistil with free central placentation; 1 locule.
5. Fruit; a dry capsule opening with teeth or valves.
Dianthus (“pinks”), Stellaria (“chickweeds”),
Silene (“catchfly”), Lychnis (“campion”)