19: Monocots 2 (5/28)

Question 1

What orders are part of the Commelinids?

Answer 1

Arecales
Zingiberales
Commelinales

Question 2

What families are part of Arecales?

Answer 2

Arecaceae

Question 3

Arecaceae

What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?

Answer 3

Leaf blade plicate

Plicate: folded, crumpled, or corrugated
From Arecales

Question 4

What families are part of Zingiberales?

Answer 4

Musacaceae
Zingiberaceae
Cannaceae

Question 5

Musacaceae

What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?

Answer 5

Penni-parallel leaves

Penni-parallel: central midvein with secondary veins that are essentially parallel to each other
From Zingiberales

Question 6

Zingiberaceae

What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?

Answer 6

Leaves distochous
Labellum from 2 fused inner petaloid staminodes

Distichous: arranged alternately in two opposite rows
From Zingiberales

Question 7

Cannaceae

What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?

Answer 7

Leaves distochous
Flowers asymmetric

Distichous: arranged alternately in two opposite rows
From Zingiberales

Question 8

What families are part of Commelinales?

Answer 8

Commelinaceae

Question 9

Commelinaceae

What order is it part of and what are some distinguishing characteristics of the family?

Answer 9

Leaves sheathing with sheath closed

From Commelinales