Angiosperms - Eurosids

• Brassicales

  • Have glucosinolate secondary compounds

  Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)

  • Glucosinolate
  • Cruciate perianth
  • Tetradynamous stamens
  • 2-carpellate /locullate ovary
• Malvales

  • Lysigenous mucilage canals.
• Malvaceae

  • Stellate trichomes with an epicalyx
  • Valvate calyx
  • Convolute corolla
  • Stamens connate
  • Monothecal or dithecal anthes
• Sapindales

  • Anacardiaceae

  • Resin ducts or laticifers
  • Pentamerous flowers with nectariferous disk
  • Fruit: Drupe with resinous mesocarp
• Sapindales

  • Rutaceae

  • Citrus Family
  • Flowers with annular, nectariferous disk
  • Fruit: with secretory glands containing ethereal oils in pellucid glands
• Sapindales

  • Sapindaceae

  • Palmate, trifoliate or pinnate leaves
  • 4-5 merous perianth, extrastaminal or intrastaminal nectariferous disk
  • Seed with aril or fleshy seed coat
• Asterids

  • The presence of iridoid compounds
  • Sympetalous corolla
  • Unitegmic, tenuicellate ovules
• Cornales

  • Cornaceae

  • Usually opposite and undivided leaves
  • Cymose inflorescence
  • Showy petaloid bracts
  • Multilocular drupe
• Ericales

  • Ericaceae

  • Coriaceous, linear revolute to broad flat leaves
  • Stamens usually developing by anther inversion
  • Instrastaminal disk
• Euasterids I

  • Boraginaceae

  • Monochasial (helicoid or scorpioid) cymes
  • Deeply 4-lobed ovary
  • Gynobasic styles
  • Schizocarp of usually 4 nutlets
• Euasterids I

  • Hydrophyllaceae

  • Spiral leaves
  • Helicoid cymes
  • Pair of scales at junction of stamen filament with corolla tube
• Gentianales

  • Apocynaceae

  • Connate stigma
  • androecium adnate to single stigma forming a gynostegium
  • Schizocarp of follicles
• Gentianales

  • Gentianaceae

  • Nectary pits on corolla lobes
  • Disk or glands at ovary base
• Gentianales

  • Rubiaceae

  • Usually decussate leaves with connate stipules with colleters
  • Flowers with nectariferous disk
  • Ocule with funicular obturator
• Lamiales

  • Acanthaceae

  • Opposite leaves
  • Zygomorphic, bracteates usually bilabiate flowers
• Lamiales

  • Bignoniaceae

  • Opposite leaves
  • Zygomorphic usually bilabiate flowers
  • Didynamous stamens
  • Flat, winged, exalbinous seeds
• Lamiales

  • Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

  • Aromatic with ethereal oils
  • 4-sided stems
  • Verticillaster or thyrsi inflorescence
  • Usually bilabiate flowers
  • Gynobasic styles
• Scrophulariales

  • Scrophulariaceae

  • Gland-dotted, usually spirally arranged leaves
• Scrophulariales

  • Plantaginaceae

  • Parallel major veins
  • Connate, membranous to scarious petals and sepals
• Solanales

  • Convolvulaceae

  • Dextrorse-twining vines
  • Actinimorphic sympetalous flowers
  • Corollas within involute aestivation and infundibular
• Solanales

  • Solanaceae

  • Internal phloem
  • 5-merous perianth; corolla involute in aestivation
  • Numerous ovules per carpel
• Apiales

  • Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

  • With sheathing leaves
  • Involucrate compound umbel
  • 1 axile-apical, pendulous ovule
  • Schizocarp of mericarps
• Apiales

  • Araliaceae

  • Inflorescence of heads, umbels or with umbel units
  • Apopetalous to sympetalous corolla
• Asterales

  • Asteraceae (Compositae)

  • Head (capitulum) inflorescence subtended by involucre of phyllaries
  • Ray and disk florets