15: Monocots 1 (5/21) Flashcards
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Atactostele
A type of eustele which is found in monocots in which vascular tissue in the stem exists as scattered bundles
What families are included in the Alismatales?
Araceae
Alismataceae
Araceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Inflorescence a spathe subtended by a spadix
From Alismatales
Alismataceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Stem corm or rhizome
Scapose inflorescence
From Alismatales
What families are inlcuded in the Liliales?
Liliaceae
Liliaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Perennial herbs from bulbs or rhizomes
What families are included in the Asparagales?
Alliaceae
Themidaceae
Agavaceae
Iridaceae
Orchidaceae
Alliaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Perennial herbs from bulbs, usually with onion odor
Inflorescence a scapose umbel (occasionally just one flower) subtended by bracts; no bracts within inflorescence
From Asparagales
Themidaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Perennial herbs from corms, no onion odor
Inflorescence a scapose umbel subtended by bracts; bracts also within inflorescence
From Asparagales
Agavaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Fibrous, xeromorphic leaves and CAM, as well as perennial herbs with thin leaves
From Asparagales
Xeromorphic: thick, rigid
Iridaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Leaves basal, equitant, parallel-veined
From Asparagales
Equitant: having its base folded and partly enclosing the leaf next above it, as in an iris
Orchidaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Aerial roots
From Asparagales
