Final Families pt. 3

Question 1

daisy/aster/sunflower family

Answer 1

Asteraceae

Question 2

bellflower family

Answer 2

Campanulaceae

Question 3

borage/waterleaf family

Answer 3

Boraginaceae

Question 4

Rep. genera:
Campanula (harebell)
Githopsis (bluecup)
Lobelia

Answer 4

Campanulaceae (bellflower family)

Question 5

Family & Subfamily ?
Flowers:
-bell or cup shaped

Corolla:
- radial

Andr:
- free

Answer 5

Campanulaceae/ Campanuloideae

Question 6

Family/Subfamily?
Flowers:
- 2-lipped

Corolla:
- bilateral

Andr:
- fused

Answer 6

Campanulaceae/ Lobelioideae

Question 7

Rep. genera:
Amsinckia (fiddleneck)
Borago (borage)
Cryptantha
Plagyobothrys (popcorn flower)
Eriodictyon (yerba santa)
Heliotropium (heliotrope)
Phacelia
Pholistoma (fiesta flower)

Answer 7

Boraginaceae (borage family)

Question 8

Flowers:
- INFL variable but often coiled (scorpioid)

Corolla:
- appendages 0-5 @ top

Answer 8

Boraginaceae (borage family)

Question 9

Largest families according to TJM 2?

Answer 9

Orchidaceae
Asteraceae
Fabaceae
Poaceae

Question 10

Rep. genera:
Aster (daisy)
Helianthus (sunflower)
Taraxacum (dandelion)
Lactuca (lettuce)

*formerly Compositae

Answer 10

Asteraceae (daisy family)

Question 11

Flowers:

• INFL typically a head that looks like one flower
• gen form in many variations
• each head w/1-many rows of involucral bracts (phyllaries)
• each head usually w/ray florets & disc florets
• each floret uni/bi/or sterile

Calyx:
- sepals gen 0 or modified into pappus

Corolla:

• gen 5-lobed (disc) or 1,3-lobed (ray)
• radial (disc)/ bilateral (ray = ligulate)

Andr:
- anthers often fused into tube around style

Fruit:
- achene

Answer 11

Asteraceae (daisy family)