Flowering Plant Ancestor Eudicot Clade Monocot Clade 2

1) Nymphaeaceae • • Water Lily Family Aquatic plants with rhizome in soil Leaves

Examples Nymphaeaceae • Nymphaea (water lily) – Nymphaea odorata • Nuphar (Yellow water lily)

2) Magnoliaceae • Magnolia Family • Trees and shrubs • Tepals 6 to numerous

Examples Magnoliaceae • Magnolia – Magnolia stellata – Magnolia grandiflora • Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip

Eudicots (Tricolpates) Asterid Clade Rosid Clade 24) Viscaceae Caryophyllid Clade 18) Papaveraceae 17) Ranunculaceae

17) Ranunculaceae • Buttercup Family • Herbs, shrubs or woody vines • Leaves usually

Examples Ranunculaceae • • • Anemone Clematis (virgin’s bower) Delphinium (larkspur) Ranunculus (buttercups) Nigella

Aquilegia canadensis – columbine Each of the five petals has a spur

18) Papaveraceae • Poppy Family • Herbs, rarely shrubs • Leaves often compound or

Examples Papaveraceae • Papaver (poppy) – Papaver somniferum – Papaver orientalis • Sanguinaria canadensis

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Flowering Plant Ancestor Eudicot Clade Monocot Clade 2) Magnoliaceae 1) Nymphaeaceae “Paleoherbs” Magnoliids

1) Nymphaeaceae • • Water Lily Family Aquatic plants with rhizome in soil Leaves floating, reniform to peltate Vascular bundles usually scattered in the stem Long petioles (leaf) and peduncles (flower) Usually many tepals (sepals and petals not distinct) Many stamens, outer often petaloid and sterile Carpels 5 - to many, separate pistils or fused (connate) into one pistil

Examples Nymphaeaceae • Nymphaea (water lily) – Nymphaea odorata • Nuphar (Yellow water lily) – Nuphar microphylla • Victoria amazonicon

Nymphaeae odorata

Nymphaea odorata

Nymphaea spp.

Nuphar lutea

Victoria amazonicon

2) Magnoliaceae • Magnolia Family • Trees and shrubs • Tepals 6 to numerous (outer 3 often sepallike) • Many spirally arranged stamens with long anther, short filament • Many pistils (separate carpels) spirally arranged on receptacle

Examples Magnoliaceae • Magnolia – Magnolia stellata – Magnolia grandiflora • Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree)

Magnolia stellata

Magnolia grandiflora

Liriodendron tulipifera

Flowering Plant Ancestor Eudicot Clade Monocot Clade 2) Magnoliaceae 1) Nymphaeaceae “Paleoherbs” Magnoliids

Eudicots (Tricolpates) Asterid Clade Rosid Clade 24) Viscaceae Caryophyllid Clade 18) Papaveraceae 17) Ranunculaceae

17) Ranunculaceae • Buttercup Family • Herbs, shrubs or woody vines • Leaves usually alternate, often compound or lobed; lacking stipules • Tepals 4 -numerous; or perianth of 5 sepals and 5 petals, and one or more petal often with nectar spur; petals sometimes absent • Stamens many, centripetal (maturing from outside toward center) • Carpels 3 -many, separate, ovaries superior • A very diverse family

Examples Ranunculaceae • • • Anemone Clematis (virgin’s bower) Delphinium (larkspur) Ranunculus (buttercups) Nigella (love in a mist) Aquilegia (columbine) – Aquilegia canadensis – Aquilegia vulgaris • Thalictrum (meadow rue) • Aconitum (monkshood)

Ranunculus spp.

Ranunculus sardous

Anemone spp.

Hepatica acutiloba

Thalictrum revolutum

Clematis spp.

Nigella sativa.

Delphinium – one petal has a spur

Aconitum – one petal forms a hood

Aquilegia canadensis – columbine Each of the five petals has a spur

Spur Aquilegia canadensis Sepal Petal

18) Papaveraceae • Poppy Family • Herbs, rarely shrubs • Leaves often compound or lobed • Milky or colored sap • Sepals usually 2, sometimes 3; quickly deciduous; petals usually 4, sometimes 6; crumpled in the bud • Stamens many, 10+, centripetal • Carpels many, connate (fused) ovary superior

Examples Papaveraceae • Papaver (poppy) – Papaver somniferum – Papaver orientalis • Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) • Hepatica acutiloba (liverwort) • Eschscholzia californica (california poppy) • Chelidonium majus (chelone) • Argemone spp.

Argemone spp.

Chelidonium spp.

Eschscholzia californica

Sanguinaria canadensis

Papaver rhoeas

Papaver orientalis

Papaver somniferum