1. “Paleoherbs”
Magnoliids
Eudicot Clade
2) Magnoliaceae
Monocot Clade
1) Nymphaeaceae
Flowering Plant Ancestor

2. Nymphaeaceae Water Lily Family Aquatic plants with rhizome in soil
Leaves floating, reniform to peltate
Vascular bundles usually scattered in the stem
Long petioles (leaf) and peduncles (flower)
Usually many tepals (sepals and petals not distinct)
Many stamens, outer often petaloid and sterile
Carpels 5- to many, separate pistils or fused (connate) into one pistil

3. Examples Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea (water lily)
Nymphaea odorata
Nuphar (Yellow water lily)
Nuphar microphylla
Victoria amazonicon
Examples Nymphaeaceae

4. Nymphaeae odorata

5. Nymphaea odorata

6. Nymphaea spp.

7. Nuphar lutea

8. Victoria amazonicon

10. 2) Magnoliaceae Magnolia Family Trees and shrubs
Tepals 6 to numerous (outer 3 often sepal-like)
Many spirally arranged stamens with long anther, short filament
Many pistils (separate carpels) spirally arranged on receptacle

11. Examples Magnoliaceae
Magnolia stellata
Magnolia grandiflora
Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)

12. Magnolia stellata

13. Magnolia grandiflora

14. Liriodendron tulipifera

15. Liriodendron tulipifera

16. “Paleoherbs”
Magnoliids
Eudicot Clade
2) Magnoliaceae
Monocot Clade
1) Nymphaeaceae
Flowering Plant Ancestor

17. 17) Ranunculaceae
Caryophyllid Clade
24) Viscaceae
Rosid Clade
Asterid Clade
18) Papaveraceae
Eudicots (Tricolpates)

18. 17) Ranunculaceae Buttercup Family Herbs, shrubs or woody vines
Leaves usually alternate, often compound or lobed; lacking stipules
Tepals 4-numerous; or perianth of 5 sepals and 5 petals, and one or more petal often with nectar spur; petals sometimes absent
Stamens many, centripetal (maturing from outside toward center)
Carpels 3-many, separate, ovaries superior
A very diverse family

19. Examples Ranunculaceae
Anemone
Clematis (virgin’s bower)
Delphinium (larkspur)
Ranunculus (buttercups)
Nigella (love in a mist)
Aquilegia (columbine)
Aquilegia canadensis
Aquilegia vulgaris
Thalictrum (meadow rue)
Aconitum (monkshood)

20. Ranunculus spp.

21. Ranunculus sardous

22. Anemone spp.

23. Anemone spp.

24. Anemone spp.

25. Hepatica acutiloba

26. Thalictrum revolutum

27. Clematis spp.

28. Clematis spp.

29. Nigella sativa.

30. Delphinium – one petal has a spur

31. Aconitum – one petal forms a hood

32. Aquilegia canadensis – columbine Each of the five petals has a spur

33. Spur
Aquilegia canadensis
Sepal
Petal

34. 18) Papaveraceae Poppy Family Herbs, rarely shrubs
Leaves often compound or lobed
Milky or colored sap
Sepals usually 2, sometimes 3; quickly deciduous; petals usually 4, sometimes 6; crumpled in the bud
Stamens many, 10+, centripetal
Carpels many, connate (fused) ovary superior

35. Examples Papaveraceae
Papaver (poppy)
Papaver somniferum
Papaver orientalis
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Hepatica acutiloba (liverwort)
Eschscholzia californica (california poppy)
Chelidonium majus (chelone)
Argemone spp.

36. Argemone spp.

37. Chelidonium spp.

38. Chelidonium spp.

39. Eschscholzia californica

40. Eschscholzia californica

41. Sanguinaria canadensis

42. Sanguinaria canadensis

43. Papaver rhoeas

44. Papaver orientalis

45. Papaver orientalis

46. Papaver somniferum

47. Papaver somniferum