17: Monocots 1 (5/27) Flashcards
(19 cards)
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 spadix subtended by a spathe
From Alismatales
Lemna
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
Small flattened, elliptic plant bodies
Duckweed
From Araceae
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
Calochortus
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
From bulbs
Lanceolate leaves
Lanceolate: wider at the base than at the midpoint and tapering towards the apex, resembling the head of a lance
From Liliaceae
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
Allium
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
Linear basal leaves
Pedicels within umbel lack bracts
Linear: long, narrow shape with parallel sides, similar to a sword blade
From Alliaceae
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
Triteleia
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
From corms with several linear/lanceolate basal leaves
Linear: long, narrow shape with parallel sides, similar to a sword blade
Lanceolate: wider at the base than at the midpoint and tapering towards the apex, resembling the head of a lance
From Themidaceae
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
Chlorogalum
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
Long wavy basal leaves
From Agavaceae
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
Iris
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
Flowers have 3 showy colored sepals, 3 smaller petals, and 3 petaloid styles
Equitant leaves
From Iridaceae
Sisyrinchium
What family is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the genus?
Equitant, grass-like leaves
6 tepals
From Iridaceae
Orchidaceae
What order is it from and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?
Aerial roots
From Asparagales
