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 genera  7500 species  Most common in tropical settings  Species that live in MN Grasslands, agricultural fields, forests

 Herbs, shrubs, stem succulents (thick water-filled stems); e.g., cactus or aloe  Leaves: alternate or opposite or whorled, simple or palmate, stipulate or estipulate,  Monoecious or dioecious  Flowers: imperfect, regular or naked  Sepals:0-8 (usually 5) Distinct and or connate

 Petals: 4-8 Distinct or basally connate  Stamens: 1- many Distinct or connate  Carpels: 3 Ovary superior with 1-20 locules  Fruit: schizocarpic capsule (rarely a drupe, pod, berry, or samara)

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 Leaves: alternate below inflorescences and opposite near to it  Fruit: capsule  Flowers: white ge%20(Euphorbia%20corollata)%20Spurge%20Family%201.jpg

 Walters, Dirk., Keil, David., Murrell, Zack Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 5 th ed. U.S.: Kendall/Hunt Print.  