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Solanaceae: Solanales Habit: Herbs, shrubs, trees, vines Hairs: Often stellate, prickles or spines Leaves: Simple, alternate, exstipulate (sometimes deeply lobed), may be adenate to stem Inflorescence: Determinate, cymose or solitary Flowers (overall): Showy, bisexual Floral Symmetry: Radial Calyx: 5 connate sepals, often persistant Corolla: 5 connate petals, rotate to tubular, plicate (folded), lobe end turned inward or reflexed
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Androecium: 5 epipetalous stamens, alternate, connivient anthers (touching) Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels, tilted, superior ovary, terminal (gynobasic) style Placentation: axile Fruit: Berry or capsule Pollination regime: Bees, wasps & flies (pollen sp. only). Moths, butterflies (nectar sp.) Interesting Species: Tomato, eggplant, tobacco, jimsonweed, petunia Gestalt: "5-5-5-2" Hairs, plicate corolla, berry, rotate flower, connivient anthers Solanaceae: Solanales
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Potato, connivent anthers, plicate corolla
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Buffalo-bur
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Poisonous berries
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Atropa belladonna, alkaloids used to treat heart problems
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Physalis virginiana, ground cherry
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Physalis alkekengi, Ornamental calyx
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Nicotina sp.
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Brugmansia sp. tree plicate corolla
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Nightshade
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Alt leaves, Plicate corolla,
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Boraginaceae:Solanales Habit: Herbs, shrubs, trees, woody vines(lianas) Hairs: Rough bristly hairs Leaves: Alternate, simple, exstipulate Inflorescence: Helicoid (Scorpoid) cyme, determinate Flowers (overall): Bisexual, funellform or tubular Floral Symmetry: Actinomorphic Calyx: 5 connate sepals Corolla: 5 connate petals
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Androecium: 5 epipetalous stamens, alternate the lobes Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels, deeply 4-lobed, gynobasic style (or terminal), superior ovary, nectar disc around ovary base Placentation: axile Fruit: 4-parted nutlet Pollination regime: bees wasps, butterflies, flies, (also moths, beetles, bats and birds) Interesting Species:Heliotrope, borage, hounds tongue, forget- me-not, bluebells, amsinkia, popcorn flower Gestalt: round stems, 4-part nutlet, gynobasic style, bristly, helicoid cyme, often toxic ( alkaloids, nitrates), "5-5-5-2" Boraginaceae:Solanales
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Bristles, Helicoid cyme 5 pattern Alt. stamens
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4-part ovary, Gynobasic style bristles
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Forget me nots
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Popcorn flower
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Boraginaceae("Hydrophyllaceae") :Solanales Habit: Herbs and shrubs Hairs: hairy or spiny Leaves: Alternate (basal), simple but sometimes compound Inflorescence: Helicoid (Scorpoid) cyme, determinate Flowers (overall): Bisexual, rotate Floral Symmetry: Actinomorphic Calyx: 5 connate sepals Corolla: 5 connate petals, often with appendages within
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Boraginaceae("Hydrophyllaceae") :Solanales Androecium: 5 epipetalous stamens, alternate lobes Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels, ovary superior, styles often 2- lobed, not gynobasic numerous ovules on 2 parietal placentas Placentation: parietal Fruit: capsule Interesting Species: Baby blue eyes, phacelia Gestalt: helicoid cyme, round stem, split style, hairy, entire ovary, many ovules on parietal placenta (look for this in lab), "5-5-5-2"
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Split style
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Atypical
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Apocynaceae:Gentianales Habit: Trees, shrubs, vines, herbs with milky sap Leaves: Simple, entire, opposite or whorled, exstipulate Inflorescence: Racemose, cymose or solitary, often determinate Flowers (overall): Bisexual Floral Symmetry: Actinomorphic Calyx: 5 connate sepals, glandular inside Corolla: 5 connate petals, spiral or contorted in bud Androecium: 5 epipetalous stamens
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Apocynaceae:Gentianales Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels (apically united), ovary superior or half- inferior Placentation: Marginal Fruit: follicle, capsule, drupe or berry, seed with tuft of hair Pollination regime: great diversity, specialized mechanisms, 3-zone style (deposition, sticky middle, reception) [get nectar from base of stylar head and deposit pollen, get sticky, pick up pollen on the way out] Other comments: Contain poisons, poison arrows Interesting Species: Vinca, Oleander, Dogbane Gestalt: Milky sap, opposite leaves, contorted bud, "5-5-5-2", glandular calyx. 3-part style
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Apocynaceae("Asclepiadaceae") :Gentianales Corolla: reflexed petals Androecium: 5 stamens = 5 x 2 united pollinia, corona(nectar accumulates here), adenate to gynoecium Gynoecium: elaborate 3-part structure Fruit: pair of follicles Pollination regime: get nectar from corolla, foot get lodged on pollinia, fly away, dislodged on next flower.
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Asclepias sullivantii Umbels Sap Opposite leaves
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Asclepias sp Sepals, Petals, corona
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Stapelia, smells like rotting flesh
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Plantaginaceae ("Old Plantaginaceae"):Lamiales Habit:Herbs Leaves: Basal rosette, prominant parallel veins Inflorescence: Scapose, stout or wirey scapes, spike Flowers (overall): bisexual Floral Symmetry: Actinomorphic Calyx: 4 connate sepals, herbaceous Corolla: 4 connate petals, scarious
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Plantaginaceae ("Old Plantaginaceae"):Lamiales Androecium: 4 epipetalous stamens Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels, superior Placentation: axile, basal Gestalt: Basal rosette, wirey scape, 4-merous flowers, spike
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Habit: Herbs, rarely trees Leaves: Simple exstipulate Inflorescence: variable Flowers (overall): Bisexual Floral Symmetry: Zygomorphic Calyx: 5 connate sepals Corolla: 5 connate petals, 2 lipped, 2 upper + 3 lower Plantaginaceae ("Old Scrophulariaceae"):Lamiales
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Androecium: 2 or 4 stamens, didynamous (2long, 2 short) + staminode Gynoecium: 2 connate carpels, ovary superior, style terminal Placentation: axile Fruit: capsule (berry) Pollination regime: bees flies birds (nectar) nectar guides often present Notes: hemiparisites moved to Orobanchaceae (Aureolaria, Castilleja, Pedicularis, Agalinis, Buchnera). Verbascum and Scrophularia retained in Scrophulariaaceae Gestalt: 2-lipped, staminode, didynamous Plantaginaceae ("Old Scrophulariaceae"):Lamiales
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Penstemon pallidus 2 lipped landing platform
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Penstemon didynamous
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snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus
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Calceolaria sp
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Blue-eyed Mary, Collinsia verna Strongly 2-lipped
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Foxglove Digitalis purpurea Heart medicine
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Butter-and-eggs, Linaria vulgaris, long nectar spur
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Pedicularis Canadensis capsules open on upper side hemiparisite
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