Please examine the photos of the 8 plant specimens below, and note their floral and vegetative spotting characteristics. Record the details in this
SHEETActions. Once the datasheet has been filled out, construct a "Mini-Monster" key to distinguish between the species. Please upload your completed datasheet and "Mini-Monster" key as a single document to Canvas. In terms of the "Mini-Monster" key, your marks will depend on how efficient the key is at discriminating between the 8 species. Ideally this means that your key should have the fewest number of steps.
BIOL2270 PLANT DIVERSITY Please examine the photos of the plant specimens from the Cosmopolitan Plant Families. Fill in this table, and construct a “MINI-MONSTER” key to distinguish between the different species Specimen Floral Whorls Fusion of Whorls Floral Symmetry Inflorescence Type Leaf Type (S/C) Leaf Arrangement Leaf Veins Stem Characteristics FAMILY? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Notes All 4 visible? Petals fused? Actinomorphic/ Zygomorphic Head/Panicle Raceme/Umbel etc Simple/ Compound Alternate/ Opposite/Whorled etc Parallel/Net-like Square, Round FAMILY/ORDER- based on the spotting characteristics AsterAles Bixaceae Malvaceae (incl. Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae) Cistaceae Cytinaceae Muntingiaceae Sarcolaenaceae Dipterocarpaceae Neuradaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Thymelaeaceae bark fibrous; hairs often stellate flw K often valvate, petals contorted, A often ∞; mucilage cyclopropenoid fatty acids, flavones herbs or shrubs; flw often monosymmetric plunger sec. pollination device (long style) nodes trilacunar inulin, sesquiterpenes, secoiridoids Asteraceae Goodeniaceae Pentaphragmataceae Calyceraceae Menyanthaceae Rousseaceae Campanulaceae (incl. Lobeliaceae) Stylidiaceae endo- sperm scanty DipsAcAles Adoxaceae Caprifoliaceae (incl. Dipsacaceae Diervillaceae Linnaeaceae Morinaceae Valerianaceae) AmborellAles ApiAles Apiaceae Griseliniaceae Pennantiaceae Araliaceae Myodocarpaceae Pittosporaceae AquifoliAles Aquifoliaceae Cardiopteridaceae Stemonuraceae GArryAles GentiAnAles lAmiAles solAnAles Convolvulaceae (incl. Cuscutaceae) Solanaceae (incl. Nolanaceae) Hydroleaceae Montiniaceae Sphenocleaceae Apocynaceae (incl. Asclepiadaceae) Loganiaceae Gentianaceae Gelsemiaceae Rubiaceae Eucommiaceae Garryaceae (incl. Aucubaceae) ericAles cornAles Cornaceae Grubbiaceae Loasaceae Curtisiaceae Hydrangeaceae Hydrostachyaceae Nyssaceae mAlvAles brAssicAles cucurbitAles rosAles fAbAles oxAliDAles mAlpiGhiAles celAstrAles myrtAles GerAniAles crossosomAtAles cAnellAles piperAles lAurAles mAGnoliAles vitAles sAxifrAGAles GunnerAles Bataceae Caricaceae Limnanthaceae Salvadoraceae Brassicaceae Cleomaceae Moringaceae Tovariaceae Capparaceae Koeberliniaceae Resedaceae Tropaeolaceae fAGAles Betulaceae Fagaceae Myricaceae Casuarinaceae Juglandaceae Nothofagaceae Ticodendraceae Apodanthaceae Begoniaceae Corynocarpaceae Datiscaceae Anisophyllaceae Coriariaceae Cucurbitaceae Tetramelaceae nymphAeAles AustrobAileyAles ZyGophyllAles DilleniAles Brunelliaceae Connaraceae Elaeocarpaceae Oxalidaceae Cephalotaceae Cunoniaceae Huaceae Fabaceae Polygalaceae Quillajaceae Surianaceae Barbeyaceae Elaeagnaceae Rosaceae Cannabaceae Moraceae Ulmaceae Dirachmaceae Rhamnaceae Urticaceae (incl. Cecropiaceae) Celastraceae (incl. Hippocrateaceae, Brexiaceae, Parnassiaceae) Lepidobotryaceae Achariaceae Euphorbiaceae Rafflesiaceae Ochnaceae Podostemaceae Chrysobalanaceae Hypericaceae Passifloraceae Rhizophoraceae Clusiaceae Linaceae Phyllanthaceae Salicaceae Erythroxylaceae Malpighiaceae Picrodendraceae Violaceae Krameriaceae Zygophyllaceae Combretaceae Myrtaceae Penaeaceae (incl. Oliniaceae) Lythraceae (incl. Punicaceae, Sonneratiaceae, Trapaceae) Melastomataceae (incl. Memecylaceae) Onagraceae Vochysiaceae Geraniaceae Francoaceae (incl. Ledocarpaceae, Melianthaceae, Vivianiaceae) Crossosomataceae Stachyuraceae Strasburgeriaceae Geissolomataceae Staphyleaceae Vitaceae mAGnoliiDs woody; (semi-)parasites; mycorrhiza absent; lvs margins entire flw A epipetalous; perianth often simple, valvate, persisting carpels/ovaries/ovules often reduced, placentation free-central; fr drupe, one-seeded polyacetylenes, triterpene sapogenins, silicic acid Dilleniaceae Gunneraceae Myrothamnaceae Amborellaceae Austrobaileyaceae Schisandraceae (incl. Illiciaceae) Trimeniaceae Cabombaceae Hydatellaceae Nymphaeaceae Canellaceae Winteraceae Annonaceae Eupomatiaceae Magnoliaceae Degeneriaceae Himantandraceae Myristicaceae Calycanthaceae Hernandiaceae Monimiaceae Gomortegaceae Lauraceae Siparunaceae Aristolochiaceae (incl. Hydnoraceae) Piperaceae Saururaceae woody, vessels lacking; dioecious; flw T5–8, A∞, G5–8, 1 ovule/carpel, embryo sac 9-nucleate; 1 species, New Caledonia aquatic, herbaceous; cambium absent; aerenchyma; flw T4–12, A1–∞, embryo sac 4-nucleate seeds operculate with perisperm but endosperm reduced or small; mucilage; alkaloids (no benzylisoquinolines) woody, vessels solitary; flw T>10, A∞, G ca.9, embryo sac 4-nucleate tiglic acid, aromatic terpenoids woody; foliar sclereids, K and C distinct aromatic terpenoids ± herbaceous; lvs two-ranked, leaf base sheathing single adaxial prophyll; swollen nodes woody; pith septate; lvs two-ranked; ovules with obturator endosperm ruminate woody; lvs opposite; flw with hypanthium, staminodes frequent often valvate anthers; carpels with 1 ovule; embryo large mostly herbaceous; without mycorrhiza G often unilocular with free-central placentation pollen colpate, surface spiny betalains or anthocyanins (latter, e.g., in Caryophyllaceae) lvs with glandular teeth; often hypanthium, apically unfused carpels, stigma decurrent fr mostly dry, dehiscent myricetin, flavonols stems sometimes jointed at nodes; lvs with glandular teeth flw A obdiplostemonous, nectary outside A; fr capsule ethereal oils, ellagic acid lvs opposite, colleters (glandular hair on adaxial surface of petiole base) stipules small (if any), cork deep seated flw K valvate, persisting, A incurved in bud, ovary inferior, ovules many endosperm scanty, scaly bark, flavonols, myricetin infl cymose, flw small G often 3-merous, nectary often intrastaminal disk seeds often