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Evolution of Angiosperms
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
11/07/2012

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Monocots + Eudicots =
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97% plant diversity
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Basal Angiosperms
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Amborellales Nymphaeales Austrobaileyales
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Amborellales
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sister to angiosperms
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Nymphaelales
Definition
aquatic plants - lily pads
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Austrobaileyales
Definition
shrubs/small trees
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Magnolid Clade
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Magnoliales and Laurales
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Magnoliales
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tree in front of moore
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Laurales
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sasafrass, cinnamon, avocado
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Beetles
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strong odor, pale dull color, magnoliales, flowers good for food
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Bees
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most important, flowers white blue yellow NOT RED, uv patterns, nectar, fragrant
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Butterfly
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Red or orange flowers, tubular flower, flat inflorescence for landing
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Moth
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Night blooming flowers, fragrance emitted at night, white or pale yellow, flowers tubular, no landing platform
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Fly
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brown purple - bad odor
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Bird
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yellow/red - no scent (birds can't smell) ,lots of nectar, large sticky pollen
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Bat
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NIght blooming, white or pale yellow, fragrant, tough for bats, away from branches
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Carotenoids
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yellow, orange, red - in plastids
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Flavnoids - anthocyanins
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red purple blue water soluble
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Betalins
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Reds - beets and cacti
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Ovary wall develops into
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fruit
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simple fruit
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one pistil, 1 or more carpels
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compound fruits
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several pistils
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aggregate fruit
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several separate carpels on 1 flower
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Multiple fruit
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pistils of several separate flowers in an inflorescence.
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Dry Fruits/ dehiscent
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follicle, legume, silicle, capsule
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Dry/ Indehiscent fruits
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achene, samara, grain, nut, schizocarp
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Fleshy Fruit
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berry drupe pome
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Why angiosperms were successfull
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evolution of fruit, flower, and biochemical evolution
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