Order: Amborellales
Family Amobrellaceae: image
Order: Nymphaeales
Family: Nymphaeaceae (water lilies)
Key features to remember for this family: rhizomotous herbs and aquatic
Nuphar advena (spatterdock)
Nymphaea (hybrid)
The following two pictures were taken in Kanapaha Botanical Gardens here in Gainesville
The following two pictures were taken in Kanapaha Botanical Gardens here in Gainesville
Family: Illiciaceae (star anise)
Key features to remember for this family: fuitstar like aggregate of follicles
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae
Key features to remember for this family:
Note large flowers with separate parts and an elongate receptacle
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia virginiana
Fruit of Magnolia amoena
Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip tree)
Family: Annonaceae (Paw-paw family)Key features to remember for this family: ball of stamens, two rank leaves, globose receptacle
Rollinia deliciosa
This species occurs in mesic hammoks around Gainesville
Asimina parviflora (Paw-paw)
Asimina angustifolia
Annona cherimoya
Annona glabra
Note the two-ranked leaves and the ruminate endosperm
Annona muricata
Note the "ball of stamens"
Cananga odorata
Family: Lauraceae (Avocado family)
Key features to remember for this family: cup-shaped receptacle, stamens with flaps, drupe or berry
Laurus nobilis
Persea borbonia (Red bay)
Persea humilis (silk bay or scrub bay)
This is a close relative of avocado and its fruit is eaten in southern Mexico
Persea scheideana
Persea americana (avocado)
Cinnamomum camphorum
Cinnamomum aromaticum
Cinnamomum cassia
Cryptocarya alba
ORDER: Piperales
Family: Piperaceae (pepper family)
Key features: herbaceous or soft wood, swollen jointed nodes, spike, no perianth
Piper methysticum (kava)
Piper nigrum (source of black pepper)
Piper auretum
Peperomia verticilata
Peperomia prostrata
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