Friday, October 26, 2012

Lab 10: The Nitrogen Fixing clade

In this lab we presented families within the Rosales, Cucurbitales, Fabales and Fagales

Rosales
Family: Rosaceae

 Rubus cuneifolius (Blackberry)
Rubus trivialis

Note rhizome and prickles
 Rosa palustris

 Rosa bracteata

 Rosa (hybrid)

 Rosa laevigata

 Fragaria x Ananassa
Subfamily: Spiraeoideae
Prunus serotina (Black cherry)

Prunus caroliniana

 Prunus domestica (plums)

 Prunus persica (peach)

 Prunus amygdalus (almonds)

 Eriobotrya japonica (loquat)

 Malus domestica

 Pyris communis
 Pyrus calleryana (cultivar) 

 Family: Ulmaceae
Key features: asymmetrical leaf base, fruit a samara
 Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese elm)

 Ulmus alata

Family: Moraceae
Key features: milky sap, stipules expanded, accessory or multiple drupe or achene
Morus alba



Broussonetia papyrifera

 
Ficus carica

Maclura tricuspidata

 Maclura pomifera

 Ficus religiosa




 Ficus afghanistanica

 Ficus microcarpa

Dorstenia sp.
  Artocarpus heterophyllus (Jackfruit)


 FABALES
Family: Fabaceae
Key features: root nodules containing nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria, pulviunus

 Crotalaria spectabilis

  Indigofera spicata

 Indigofera hirsuta (hairy indigo)

 Cicer acietinum

 Desmodium tortuosum

 Erythrina herbacea

 Pisum sativum

 Acacia cornigera


 Acacia melanoxylon
 Leucaena leucocephala

 Calliandra hematocephala

 Inga sp.
 Mimosa strigosa
 Bauhinia sp.
 Tamarindus indica

  Chamaecrista fasciculata

 Cassia alata

 Delonix regia

FAGALES
Family: Fagaceae
Key characters: fruit a nut surrounded by a spiny to scaly cupule
 
 Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut)
 Castanea pumila
 Quercus virginiana (Live oak - white oak)

 Quercus michauxii
 Quercus hemisphaerica
 Quercus laurifolia

Notice catkins
 Quercus acutissima (Red oak)

 
Quercus laevis (Turkey oak)

Family: Betulaceae
Key characters: Leaves with big and little teeth, male and female flowers in catkings (aments)


 Carpinus caroliniana

Corylus avellana


Alnus serrulata

Family: Juglandaceae
Key features: bracts often expand and associate with fruit, forming a husk, only catkin family with compound leaves, glandular hairs containing various aromatic oils
Carya glabra (hickory)
 Carya illininensis (pecan)

 
Juglans nigra (black walnut)

Myrtales

Family: Myrtaceae
Key features: pellucid dots with aromatic compounds, showy tuft of stamens, hypanthium
 Psidium guajava
 Psidium friedrichstallianum

  
Eugenia stipitata

 Pimenta dioica (Allspice)


 Myrtus communis

 Eugenia axillaris

  Pimienta dioica (Allspice)


 Feijoa sellowiana

 Myrcianthes fragans

 Callistemon viminalis

 Eucalyptus neglecta

 Malaleuca decussata
Family: Melastomataceae
Key features: "checkboard" pattern of venation, stamens contrasting in color to petals, anthers with terminal pores, hypanthium

 Melastoma polyantha


 Medinilla magnifica

 Monolena primuliflora

 Bertalonia sp.

 Clidemia hirta

Brassicales

Family: Brassicaceae
Key features: glucocinolates (mustard oils), replum with false partition (septum), fruit a capsule or silique
 Raphanus sativus


 Brassica oleracea

 Lepidium virginicum

 Arabidopsis thaliana