bio 60 lab 7.1

• Order Amborellales


  • Most basal angiosperm group
  • Species characterized by absence of vessels and absence of aromatic oil cells
• Amborellaceae


  Family name derives from Latin, meaning "Around a little mouth"
• Amborella trichopoda


  • Native to New Caledonia
  • No known economic uses
• Order Nymphaeales


  • Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
  • Aquatic, annual, or perennial herbs
  • Milky latex
  • Tuberous or rhizomatous underground stems
  • Eustele or atactostele vasculature
  • Bears a berry fruit
  • Distributed worldwide
  • Economic uses: edible rhizomes and seeds, and ornamental cultivar
• Genera in Nymphaeaceae


  • Nuphar (cow lily)
  • Nymphaea (water lily)
  • Victoria (giant water lily)
• Cabombaceae (Fanwort family)


  • Cabomba - found in tropical Americas
  • Brasenia - found in tropical to temperate regions of Americas, Africa, and Austraulasia (B. schreberi)
• Order Austrobaileyales


  • Four families: Austrobaileyaceae, Illiciaceae, Schisandraceae, Trimeniaceae
• Illiciaceae (Star Anise Family)


  • 1 genus, Illicium
  • Illicium anisatum (Japanese anise) used to kill fish, used medicinally, used in religious rites
  • Illicium verum (star anise) used as a spice e.g. in liqueurs
• Order Chloranthales


  • Chloranthaceae - Soft-wooded aromatic shrubs, Trees with swollen nodes
  • Distributed worldwide except african continent
  • Species of Chloranthus used as Traditional medicine
  • Sarcandra glabra used as Ornamental cultivar