Plants in this family have evolved with a fair amount of morphological diversity despite genetic similarity. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the magnoliales. Family characteristics the solanaceae family, often called the. Annonaceae definition is a family of mostly tropical trees or shrubs order ranales comprising the custard apples and related plants that have alternate leaves, flowers with three sepals and six petals, and fleshy fruits.
Find anacardiaceae family stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Data is currently being compiled and will continue to be updated and added to for the duration of the project. Five, polyandrous, alternating with petals, anther often fusing around the style, dehiscence by. The majority of species are native to asia, although there are a few in south america, africa and. It is related to the lychee and the longan, grows to a height of up to 18 m in the wild, and has pinnate leaves composed of three to five pairs of ovoid leaflets with dimensions of 29. A list of all accepted names in annonaceae is available in csv format. Plants of the buckthorn family if you find a dicot shrub or small tree with visibly threeparted capsules or berries, then it is likely a member of the buckthorn family. Annonaceae definition of annonaceae by merriamwebster. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Alliaceae family chives herbaceous perennial flower, herb, vegetable cool season onion family allium schoenoprasum great for dressing up potatoes and spicing up salads, this easytogrow alliums pinkish lavender flowers make an attractive clump or edging in site characteristics. Discovering the magical aroma here we discover yet another extensive family of exceptional plants, these from the tropical and subtropical regions of southeastern asia.
The leaves are simple, mostly alternate, and usually stipulate. Rutaceae plants of the citrus familynot covered in botany in a day. Five, gamopetalous, rotate or infundibuliform or lobed, inferior, sometimes zygomorphic. The foamy, white, greenish or even blue spray of flowers of the ceanothus is also hard to miss, when in season. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information.
Apr 19, 2018 solenaceae is also known as potato family link to the online chapter test. Montana field guide contains a wealth of information about montanas diverse species. The number of species in this family is about 1 700. It is a very large group of plants, one of the largest of the plant families. Broadly, the studies find and the theory puts forth that there is a higher consequence arising from preexisting structural characteristics, over those that are cultural. Palmae is a monocotyledonous plant family containing species of tropical climbers, shrubs and trees commonly known as palm trees or simply palms figs. Solanaceae source aims to provide names lists, species descriptions, specimen collections and publication lists for the genus solanum. The platanaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order proteales. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family cornaceae. Nelumbonaceae, sometimes called the sacred lotus family, is a family of flowering plants, including the single genus nelumbo with two species, n. A list of all accepted names in rhamnaceae is available in csv format. The rosettes are usually stemless and about 6 feet 2 m across. Species of annonaceae contained within the plant list belong to 119 plant genera.
Phylogeny and systematics of lemnaceae, the duckweed family donald h. Menzel, in encyclopedia of food sciences and nutrition second edition, 2003. Solanaceae, taxonomic studies, rajshahi university campus. Species of rhamnaceae contained within the plant list belong to 52 plant genera. North american members of the family have regular flowers, often 2 to 4 inches in diameter, typically with 5 sometimes 4 sepals and 5 sometimes 4 or 10 petals, and numerous stamensas many as 200. Araliaceae ginseng family plants in the mainly tropical and subtropical ginseng family araliaceae are perennial trees, shrubs, lianas, and rarely herbs with simple, pinnately or palmately compound leaves, radially symmetric flowers, and fleshy fruit in the form of a berry, drupe, or pome.
The solanaceae is a large varied family of trees, shrubs and herbs including 90 genera and more than 2000 species. The solanaceae is also known as the nightshade family. Araliaceae ginseng family hawaiian plants and tropical. The solanaceae family comprises 30004000 species that are classified in approximately 90 genera.
The family is highly diverse, includes perennial trees as well as herbaceous annual species and occupies a wide range of terrestrial habitats from deserts to rainforests knapp et al. Several genera produce edible fruit, most notably annona, anonidium, asimina, rollinia, and uvaria. Lauraceae family lauraceae is a large family of woody plants except the herbaceous parasite, cassytha with about 50 genera and. This perennial evergreen consists of a rosette of hundreds of long, narrow leaves armed with small, sharp, marginal teeth. It is a large family well distributed in tropics and subtropics, though a few members are found in temperate zone. The flowers are actinomorphic, commonly small and greenish, and nearly always bisexual. The snapdragon family, scrophulariaceae and its recently split off plantaginaceae commonly have a 2lipped design as in penstemons, snapdragons, toadflaxes, and more the trumpet vine family, bignoniaceae, also has twolipped flowers as in jacaranda and catalpa the acanth family, acanthaceae, has a twolipped design as in.
Sepals 48, in two isomerous whorls or 5 in one whorl, free or slightly united at the base, imbricate persistent. It includes many wellknown herbs mint, sage, thyme, basil, ornamental plants coleus, leonotis and weeds henbit, ground ivy, selfheal. The family consists of only a single extant genus platanus, with eight known species. Abstract taxonomic investigation of the family solanaceae growing through out the rajshahi university campus was carried out. Compared with the large size of the family, only few. Petals 48, more or less united, in one whorl or more rarely double the number of sepals in two whorls, united in semifunnel shaped rotate or lenceolate corolla, corolla lobes imbricate or contorted in bud, rarely petals with dorsal appendages which resemble. The historical role of species from the solanaceae plant. The lily family, liliaceae, consists of about 254 genera and about 4075 known species of flowering plants within the order liliales. Perennial herbs, epiphytes or saprophytes may be terrestrial. These authors estimated the stem node age of rubiaceae to be 6164 myr and the crown node age to be 5556 myr. The leaves are alternate, simple, or more commonly pinnately compound. They are mainly found in central and south america.
How to merge pdfs and combine pdf files adobe acrobat dc. Ackee, blighia sapida koenig from the sapindaceae family, is a polygamous, evergreen tree that originated in the forests of west africa figure 3. Many important natives of the sonoran desert are planted here, along with other interesting plants. The plant list includes 2,892 scientific plant names of species rank for the family rhamnaceae. K imball2 1department of ecology and evolutionary biology, university of connecticut, storrs, connecticut 062693043. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles.
Ellias landolt the family of lemnaceaea monographic studyvol. Pollen morphodiversity in some genera of family solanaceae. About the classification report about the classification download. Edis is the electronic data information source of ufifas extension, a collection of information on topics relevant to you. Among the most important of those are potato solanum tuberosum. Some trees of this family are grown for their excellent shade from sun rays. Cornaceae, the dogwood family, is the largest family in the order, though it has just two generacornus 65 species and alangium 20 species. Features in pdfsam basic, free and open source pdfsam. The annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. The sapindaceae or soapberry family contains more than species from 125 genera, mostly trees and shrubs, but rarely herbs, and with a wide distribution in the tropics and warm subtropics. The plant list includes 4,931 scientific plant names of species rank for the family annonaceae. Merge is the most used pdfsam basic module and lets you combine pdf files together. Results also support the common expectation that organizational complexity is a.
In india it is represented by 70 species of 21 genera. Phylogeny and systematics of lemnaceae, the duckweed family. Morphology of flowering plants solenaceae family youtube. Alliaceae family chives herbaceous perennial flower, herb, vegetable cool season onion family allium schoenoprasum great for dressing up potatoes and spicing up salads, this easytogrow alliums pinkish lavender flowers make an attractive clump or edging in site characteristics sunlight. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. Tiny flowers in a broad, flat cluster arising from a common point at the end of stems an umbel. A total of 8 eight species under 4 four genera of the family solanaceae were collected and identified by. The moraceae are monoecious or dioecious trees shrubs, lianas, or rarely herbs comprising 40 genera and 1,000 species, nearly all with milky sap. Taxonomic studies on the family solanaceae in the rajshahi. From the number of the found issues, were selected those ones which presented methodological criteria approaching effects on cardiovascular system. The leaves are simple and alternate or rarely opposite. There are about 300 genera and 0 species in this family. This family has been recognized by almost all taxonomists, and is sometimes called the planetree family.
Annonaceae, the custard apple, or annona, family, the largest family of the magnolia order magnoliales with 129 genera and about 2,120 species. Middleton3 trees, shrubs, or vines, rarely subshrubs or herbs, with latex or rarely watery juice. It is not closely related to any other family of flowering plants, and is among the earlydiverging lineages in the angiosperms. Probabilities of monophyly, paraphyly, and polyphyly of twospecies gene genealogies are computed for modest sample sizes and compared for two different.
Bearing the name annonaceae, this family of many members includes genera and around 2,300 species of the most diverse. The rhamnaceae are mainly trees or shrubs, sometimes twining or climbing, comprising about 55 genera and 900 species. Apiaceae formerly umbelliferae, carrot or parsley family. Introduction pollen morphological characteristics study is an accurate method of relating and differentiating one plant genus to another. Many species are valuable for their large pulpy fruits, some. Solanaceae, the nightshade, or potato, family of flowering plants order solanales, with 102 genera and nearly 2,500 species, many of considerable economic importance as food and drug plants. Solanaceae are often found in secondary vegetation in disturbed areas, but species can occupy a variety of habitats, from deserts to tropical rainforests. Other centers of species diversity include australia and africa. Plants of the palm family if you have ever gone south to avoid old man winter, then you have likely encountered members of the palm family lining city streets. The below mentioned article provides an overview on familyapocynaceae. The members of this family are found throughout the world, but they. This family includes 90 genera and about 3000 species propagation type.
Free web app to quickly and easily combine multiple files into one pdf online. Fiscus elasticu rubber tree is cultivated form obtaining commercial rubber cultivation of silk worm. Assigning a timescale to the time of divergence becomes a central issue when different. The family consists of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers found mainly in the tropics, although a few species extend into temperate regions. Family characteristics historical importance and domestication. Carsten schirarend2 1 institute of botany, chinese academy of sciences, 20 nanxincun, xiangshan, beijing 93, peoples republic of china. Biology unit 1the study of life flashcards quizlet.
Although solanaceae are found on most continents, the majority of the species in the family occur in central and south america. The ovary is positioned inferior and consists of 4 to 7 rarely 3 or 8 united carpels syncarpous forming a single chamber. A free and open source software to merge, split, rotate and extract pages from pdf files. Old main plant walk university of arizona campus arboretum. Elpel to report mistakes or to inquire about purchasing high resolution photos of these plants. By alex butova translated from russian by michelle renee healy. The family includes 2,000 species belonging to 90 genera. Potato family or night shade family number of genera. Solanaceae is a large family consisting of 90 genera distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Solanaceae are known for possessing a diverse range of alkaloids. The nightshade family has plants with many different habits. This is a large plant family of mostly shrubs and herbs, distributed all over the world. While there are obviously many variations within this family, their leaves are always arranged in an alternating pattern on the stem. Phylogenetics provides the framework with which to investigate these linkages but, critically, good specieslevel descriptive resources for the solanaceae community are currently missing.
Deciduous or evergreen, often thorny trees, shrubs, woody. Fruticosa, sometimes considered as a separate species canaga kirkii, is a smaller form of ylangylang tree, and could even be called dwarfish. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. The sapindaceae are mostly trees and shrubs, and tendrilbearing vines comprising about 140 genera and 1,500 species. As will be the case for all plant walks, there are many. Cornus is noted for its woody ornamental species native to both coasts of north america and to east asia. The leaves of mulberry are used for cultivation of silk worms. Solanaceae a model for linking genomics with biodiversity. Old main plant walk plant walk i is a short walk, encircling old main clockwise, starting from the steps on the east side. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Browse by taxonomic classification family rhamnaceae.
In north america, the palm family includes trees and treelike shrubs with slender, unbranching trunks. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family rhamnaceae. Common characteristics include large flowers with parts arranged in threes. The poison produced by these plants is just as characteristic of the family as their morphology. The stipules are small and lateral or sometimes they form a. Leaves simple, o pposite, rarely whorled or alternate, pinnately veined.