June Exam - Angiosperm taxonomy

Question 1

What are the ANA Grade orders?

Answer 1

Amborellales, Nymphaeales, Austrobaileyales

Question 2

What are the Magnoliid orders?

Answer 2

Canellales, Laurales, Magnoliales, Piperales

Question 3

What are the Monocot orders?

Answer 3

Arecales, Zingiberales, Dasypogonales, Poales, Commelinales

Question 4

What are the basal eudicot orders?

Answer 4

Ranunculales

Question 5

What are the core eudicots?

Answer 5

Super rosids, super asterids,

Question 6

What are the super rosids?

Answer 6

Fabids, Malvids

Question 7

What are the Fabid orders?

Answer 7

Fabales, Malpighiales, Rosales, Cucurbitales, Oxalidales

Question 8

What are the Malvid orders?

Answer 8

Malvales, myrtales, sapindales

Question 9

What are the Super asterids?

Answer 9

Caryophyllales, Asterids

Question 10

What are the Caryophyllales orders?

Answer 10

Caryophyllales

Question 11

What are the Asterid orders?

Answer 11

Asterales, Lamiales, Gentianales, Solanales, Bignoniales

Question 12

Amborellales features?

Answer 12

Only one species (Amborella); shrub with spiral, undifferentiated perianth; dioecious.

Question 13

Nymphaeales features?

Answer 13

Aquatic herbs; large floating leaves; showy, radially symmetric flowers.

Question 14

Austrobaileyales features?

Answer 14

Aromatic woody vines/shrubs; primitive floral structures; star anise is an example

Question 15

Canellales features?

Answer 15

Aromatic bark, alternate leaves; small flowers with fused carpels.

Question 16

Laurales features?

Answer 16

Aromatic trees/shrubs (e.g., bay, cinnamon); no petals; simple, alternate leaves.

Question 17

Magnoliales features?

Answer 17

Large, showy flowers; spirally arranged floral parts; woody habit (e.g., Magnolia).

Question 18

Piperales features?

Answer 18

Herbs or vines with peppery scent; spicate inflorescences; reduced or no petals.

Question 19

Arecales features?

Answer 19

Palms; large pinnate or palmate compound leaves; fibrous trunks; unisexual flowers

Question 20

Zingiberales features?

Answer 20

Tropical herbs with large leaves; showy, asymmetric flowers with bracts (banana, ginger).

Question 21

Dasypogonales features?

Answer 21

Australian group; rosette-forming herbs; superficially similar to palms.

Question 22

Commelinales features?

Answer 22

Succulent monocots; mucilaginous stems; often blue flowers.

Question 22

Poales features?

Answer 22

Grasses, sedges, rushes; wind-pollinated; spikelets; linear leaves with sheaths.

Question 23

Ranunculales features?

Answer 23

Many stamens and carpels; floral parts spirally arranged or in whorls; often herbaceous.

Question 24

Fabales features?

Answer 24

Compound leaves; zygomorphic flowers in Fabaceae (banner, wings, keel); legume fruit.

Question 25

Malpighiales features?

Answer 25

Diverse; often latex, glands on leaves, or unusual flower/fruit structures.

Question 26

Rosales features?

Answer 26

Stipules; often aggregate fruits (e.g., figs, mulberries); various leaf forms.

Question 27

Cucurbitales features?

Answer 27

Vines with tendrils; unisexual flowers; inferior ovary.

Question 28

Oxalidales features?

Answer 28

Trifoliate leaves; heterostyly common; often wood-sorrel-like.

Question 29

Malvales features?

Answer 29

Mucilage; stellate hairs; 5-merous flowers; monadelphous stamens.

Question 30

Myrtales features?

Answer 30

Woody plants; opposite leaves with visible oil glands; inferior ovary.

Question 31

Sapindales features?

Answer 31

Trees/shrubs; compound leaves; nectar disks common (e.g., citrus, maples).

Question 32

Caryophyllales features?

Answer 32

Often succulent; betalain pigments; free-central placentation; curved embryos.

Question 33

Asterales features?

Answer 33

Inferior ovary; inflorescences as heads or umbels; often milky sap

Question 34

Lamiales features?

Answer 34

Zygomorphic flowers; often aromatic herbs; square stems

Question 35

Gentianales/Rubiales features?

Answer 35

Opposite leaves with stipules; tubular, radial flowers; inferior ovary

Question 36

Solanales features?

Answer 36

Rotate or tubular corolla; often toxic; alternate leaves.

Question 37

Bignoniales features?

Answer 37

Woody vines; large, tubular flowers; opposite compound leaves.