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