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| Five subclasses of Liliopsida: |
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Alismatidae
Arecidae
Zingiberidae
Liliidae
Commelinidae |
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Parallel veins, embryo w/ single cotyledon, sieve cell plastids w/ several cuneate protein crystals, stems w/ scattered vasc. bundles & adventitious roots, 3-merous flowers w/ 2 whorls, herbaceous exc. palm trees, bamboos, yucca
*monophyletic, evolved from primitive dicots*
*Acorus is the oldest genus, basal monocot. |
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| most basal family* aromatic perennials, small perfect flowers w/ 6 tepals, 6 stamens, ethereal oils* used in chinese herbal medicine |
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| Spikes w/ scattered vasc. bundles similar to monocots, source of pepper |
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| sieve plate w/ protein crystals like monocots, 3 merous |
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second largest family
*perennial herbs, terrestrial or epiphytes, leaves simple, sheathing, sometimes attached to pseudobulb, 3-merous, Caz3Coz3A1or(2)(3)/G(3)
perfect, epigynous |
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| 3 sepals- 2 lateral sepals, 1 dorsal* * 3 petals, 2 similar, labellum dissimilar |
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| 3 sepals- 2 lateral sepals, 1 dorsal* * 3 petals, 2 similar, labellum dissimilar |
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| Orchidaceae reproductive parts |
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| Flowers resupinate (ovary upside down so that labellum serves as landing platform) *Pollen clustered into pollinia connected to VISCIDIUM (sticky glandular structure, part of stigma)* The ROSTELLUM (sterile, central stigma lobe) seperates the antehr and functional stigma |
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| Fruit is capsule with thousands of seeds. G3:1:many, parietal *most seeds do not germinate* requires compatible mycorrhizal fungus after germination for seeds, supplies nutrients to orchid seedling, will germinate on nutrient agar. |
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| Apostasoideae, cypripedioideae, orchidoideae, vanilloideae** Economic uses: ornamentals, vanilla planifolia> only crop of the family |
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herbaceous, bulbs, rhizomes, corms, sometimes shrubs & woody vines. Leaves are simple, linear, parallel venation. Flowers are perfect, actinomorphic, peri, hypo, or epigynous.*Fruit a capsule or berry, Gynoecium is 3 carpellate, 3 locules, 1-many, axile plac.
Trillium, daffodil, lily, tulip, allium |
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