asterids iii – the end of the eudicots
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Asterids III – the end of the eudicots. Solanaceae Apiaceae. Phylogeny. Solanaceae – Nightshade Family. Flowers in 5’s (except carpel) United sepals and petals Connivent anthers Alternate leaves Spiral leaves Fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule Plicate corolla - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Asterids III – the end of the eudicots
Solanaceae
Apiaceae
Phylogeny
Solanaceae – Nightshade Family
• Flowers in 5’s (except carpel)• United sepals and petals• Connivent anthers• Alternate leaves• Spiral leaves• Fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule• Plicate corolla• Cymes or solitary infloresence• Mostly herbs in Colorado
Floral Formula - Solanaceae
Solanaceae - Distribution
Pliate Flowers
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Economic Importance• Edible plants, such as Capsicum (peppers),
Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato), Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo), Solanum tuberosum (potato), Solanum melongena (eggplant)
• Medicinal properties (e.g., atropine from Atropa belladona), hallucinogenic properties (e.g., Datura, Jimson weed), all alkaloids
• Deadly poisons (e.g., Datura, Solanum spp.) • Carcinogens (e.g., Nicotiana tabacum); some
used as ornamental cultivars, others are noxious weeds
Capsicum annuum
Capsaicin • Methyl vanillyl nonenamide• Used topically as a pain reliever• Some indications as an injected drug for
osteoarthritis relief• Very bad to get in the eyes• Birds are not effected• Black pepper is a whole different family• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?s
toryId=93636630
Capsaicin
Assorted members of Capsicum
A. Bell PepperB. Hungarian Hot WaxC. HabaneroD. JalapeñoE. CayenneF. Serrano
Lycopersicon esculentum
Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo)
Solanum tuberosum
Potato Tubers – Underground Stems
Solanum melongena - eggplant
Atropa belladonna
Datura wrightii
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Nicotiana tobacum
Angel's Trumpets (Brugmansia)
Apiaceae – Carrot or Parsley Family• Old name was umbelliferae, because
infloresence for this family is usually an umbel
• Compound umbels
• Usually hollow flower stalks
• Herbaceous in our area
• Sheathing, pinnately compound leaves
• Fruit is a schizocarp of mericarps
Apiaceae
Sheathing leaves
Infloresence a compound umbel
Pinnately compound leaves
Schizocarp fruit
Schizocarp of mericarps
Apiaceae – Biennial plants
• Biennials, like carrots
• Produce leaves and an underground root the first year,
• Flower, set seed, and die during the second year
Economic members - Apiaceae
• Food, herb, and spice plants, such as Anethum, dill; Apium, celery; Carum, caraway; Coriandrum, coriander; Cuminum, cumin; Daucus, carrot; Foeniculum, fennel; and Petroselinum, parsely;
• Some species are poisonous, such as Conium maculatum, poison-hemlock;
Daucus carrota – cultivated carrot aka Queen Anne’s Lace
Coriander seeds or plants as cillantro = (Coriandrum sativum)
Foeniculum vulgare - fennel
Celery and celery root - Apium graveolens
Azorella compacta - LLareta
A. compacta