Final Families pt. 4

Question 1

lily family

Answer 1

Liliaceae

Question 2

agave family

Answer 2

Agavaceae

Question 3

iris family

Answer 3

Iridaceae

Question 4

orchid family

Answer 4

Orchidaceae

Question 5

palm

Answer 5

Arecaceae

Question 6

Rep. genera:
Calochortus (mariposa lilies)
Fritillaria (chocolate lily)
Lilium (lilies)
Tulipa (tulips)

Answer 6

Liliaceae

Question 7

Habit:
- herb perenn’s from bulb/corm/rhizome

Stem:
- underground (bulb/corm/rhizome) or erect

Calyx:
- perianth parts 6, in 2 petal-like whorls

Fruit:
- capsule, gen 3-chambered w/many small seeds

Answer 7

Liliaceae

Question 8

Rep. genera:
Agave
Clorogalum (soap plant)
Hesperoyucca (chaparral yucca)
Yucca (spanish bayonet)

Answer 8

Agavaceae

Question 9

Leaves:

• simple, gen sessile/basal/or terminal rosettes
• often fleshy
• linear/lanceolate/ovate
• margin entire OR often w/teeth or sharp tip

Flowers:
- perianth funnel-bell shape, cream/white/yellow

Calyx:
- perianth parts 6, in 2 petal-like whorls

Fruit:
- capsule; seeds flat & black

Answer 9

Agavaceae

Question 10

Rep. genera:
Freesia
Gladiolus
Crocus
Iris
Sisyrinchium

Answer 10

Iridaceae (iris family)

Question 11

Habit:

• herb peren’s
• gen corm/rhizome (rarely bulbs)
• leaf structure diagnostic

Leaves:

• gen basal
• gen 2-ranked, edge-wise to stem
• sword shaped
• sheathing
• equitant (base folded & partly enclosing the leaf next above it)

Fruit:
- capsule

Answer 11

Iridaceae (iris family)

Question 12

Rep. genera:
Cymbidium (boat orchid)
Phalenopsis (moth orchid)
Epidendrum 
Epipactis
Piperia

Answer 12

Orchidaceae

Question 13

Habit:

• cosmopolitan, but mostly tropical
• herb pers; terrestrial , litho-/epiphytic (well drained)
• green/non-green (nutrition from fungi)

Leaves:

• simple, entire, often fleshy, parallel veins
• often w/pseudobulbs for h2o storage

Roots:
- in epiphytic spp, velamen is present

Calyx:
- sepals 3, gen free & petaloid, dorsal erect, mentum occ (0)

Corolla:
- petals 3 ( 1=labellum/lip)

Andr:

• fused w/style & stigma (column)
• pollen in lumpy/sticky pollinia
• pollinia under anther cap

Fruit:

• capsule w/many minute seeds (>1mil some spp.)
• dust-like seeds wind dispersed; lack endosperm
• • must for symbiosis w/fungus in germination
• sexual deception for pollination

Answer 13

Orchidaceae

Question 14

Rep. genera:
- Washingtonia (fan palm)
Phoenix
Syagrus

Answer 14

Arecaceae (palm family)

Question 15

Habit:

• evergreen tree (shrub/subshrub/liana)
• typically one large stem w/large compound leaves
• mostly tropical/sub-trop/warm-temperate near water
• cultivated for food/building/ornamentals

Leaves:

• palm/pinnately compound OR deeply dissected
• parallel venation
• petioled
• form terminal crown

Stem:

• gen erect(occ creep/climb)
• smooth or w/bases of lvs/petioles attached

Flowers:

• INFL large panicle (spike); peduncle subtended by spathe
• fls many, small, radial, w/cream-color perianth

Fruit:
- drupe

Answer 15

Arecaceae (palm family)