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Coffee family
interpetiolar stiplues opposite leaves simple fruits: small berries entire leaves inferior ovary |
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| Common plants of the Rubiaceae family |
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| [image] coffee-gardenia-noni |
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- possess very small flowers and leaves arranged in whorls
- actually, the whorls are formed by a leaf pair and leaf like structures of stipular origin of the same node
- The bulk of the family is tropical and predominantly woody.
- Constitute an important component of all tropical woody vegetation
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terminal sheething milky sap Fig- (Ficus) mulberry family [image] |
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Araceae Family - m or d?
- Alt or Compound?:
- fruit:?
- Simple or compound?
- Stipules?
- anything special?
- petiole?:
- inflorescence:
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- m or d: MONOCOT
- Alt or Opp: ALTERNATE
- fruit: BERRY
- Simple or compound: SIMPLE
- Stipules: NO STIPULES
- anything special?
- Inflorescence is a giveaway
- spadix subtended by spathe
- sometimes epiphytes
- often large leafs
- eating will cause inflammation of throat due to CaC2O4
- Antiphototropism- terrestrial epiphyte that throwsdown aerial roots near another tree- to avoid light.
- petiole:
- Clasping or sheathing petiole base
- grooved petiole
- inflorescence:
- Spadix subtended by spathe
- giveaway
- uses:
- House plants
- Tubers for eating
- Stirfry in Honduras (Anthurium)
- Ornamental
- Genera:
- Anthurium-Large genus distinguished by its large MARGINAL collecting vein, reticulate net-like venation, reflexed spathe, Stir fry in Honduras
- Philodendron-Pinnate venation, NO MARGINAL COLLECTING VEIN, lateral veins parallel
- Monstera- Many naturally occuring holes, Spathe falls off early
- Zanthosoma
- Dracontium
- Dieffenbachia, Syngonium
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Large genus distinguished by: - large marginal collecting vein
- reticulate net-like venation
- folded back spathe
- leaf looks like spade
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Anthurium genus (Araceae Family) |
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Genus having pinnate venation lacking marginal collecting vein lateral veins parallel |
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Philodendron genus (from Araceae Family) |
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PALMAE Family - m or d?
- Alt or Compound?:
- fruit:?
- Simple or compound?
- Stipules?
- anything special?
- petiole?:
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- m or d: MONOCOT
- Alt or Compound: ALTERNATE
- fruit:DRUPE, fleshy,fibrous with hard,nut-like seed
- Simple or compound: COMPOUND
- Stipules: NO STIPULES
- anything special:
- No branches
- central vein
- stems are pithy in the middle
- ringed stems
- leaves are parallel-veined
- palmately or pinnately compound
- big inflorescences
- sometimes monocarpic(only flowers once)
- sometimes stilit roots
- sometimes prickles
- groove can be fuzzy
- monocot with prickles
- grooved on top of petiole
- petiole: Sometimes a triangular projection between petiole apex and leaf blade
- inflorescence:
- huge, and covered by bracts
- uses:
- thatching, construction, fruit for food, oil
- Genera:
- Bactris, Calyptrogyne, Chamaedorea, Geonoma, Iriartea, Socratea, Welfia
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Bromeliaceae Family - m or d?
- Alt or Compound?:
- fruit:?
- Simple or compound?
- Stipules?
- anything special?
- inflorescence:
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- m or d: MONOCOT
- Alt or Compound: ALTERNATE, SPIRAL, LIKE A CUP
- fruit: pineapple
- Simple or compound: SIMPLE
- Stipules: NO STIPULES
- anything special?
- TANK
- LEAVES IN SPIRAL ROSETTE
- USUALLY EPIPHYTIC
- Things fall into tank, decomp and provide nutrients
- inflorescence: variable, spike, raceme, panicle, pink, POLLINATED BY HUMBIRDS, BUTTERFLIES
- uses:
- ornamental
- fiber
- pineapples
- Genera:
- Ananas, Tillandsia, Aechmea, Bromelia
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Clusiaceae Family - m or d?
- Alt or Opp:
- fruit:?
- Simple or compound?
- Stipules?
- anything special?
- petiole?:
- inflorescence:
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- m or d: DICOT
- Alt or opposite: OPPOSITE
- fruit: DRUPE/BERRY, fleshy,
- Simple or compound: SIMPLE
- Stipules: NO STIPULES
- anything special:
- opp LEATHERY LEAVES
- LATEX-yellow/orange
- seperate male and female plants
- fleshy yellow flowers
- petiole: hidden apical meristem between petioles
- inflorescence:
- uses:
- eat fruits, timber, st. john's wort
- Genera:
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