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I a woody, vessels solitary; flw T>10, A∞, G ca.9; embryo sac 4-nuceate;
T d tiglic acid, aromatic terpenoids Austrobaileyales Austrobaileyaceae Schisandraceae (incl. Illiciaceae) Trimeniaceae
e
A
lvs opposite, interpetiolar stipules; nodes swollen;
flw small T0–3, A1–5, G1, 1 apical ovule/carpel Chloranthales* Chloranthaceae
woody; pollen uniporate;
sesquiterpenes
Canellales Canellaceae Winteraceae
(pellucid dots)
Early Angiosperms
aromatic terpenoids
nodes trilacunar ± herbaceous; lvs two-ranked, leaf base sheathing; Aristolochiaceae Piperaceae
single adaxial prophyll; swollen nodes Piperales Hydnoraceae Saururaceae
benzylisoquinoline alkaloids;
woody; lvs opposite; flw with hypanthium, staminodes frequent, Calycanthaceae Hernandiaceae Monimiaceae
often valvate anthers; carpels with 1 ovule; embryo large
Laurales Gomortegaceae Lauraceae Siparunaceae
Magnoliids
embryo sac 8-nucleate
Sabiales
woody; flw 4–5-merous, nectary: disk, A epipetalous, G syncarpous;
pollen colporate; endosperm helobial; triterpenoids Sabiaceae
mostly woody; flw tepals often 4-merous,
A epitepalous, connectives sometimes with apical appendage Proteales Nelumbonaceae Platanaceae Proteaceae
woody; vessels lacking; idioblasts in cortex; flw tepals missing, A∞,
Eudicots
axial
nectary
common
G>5 laterally connate with abaxial nectaries; fr aggregate of follicles Trochodendrales* Trochodendraceae
mostly woody; unisexual, dioecious; lvs evergreen, stomata cyclocytic;
Buxales* Buxaceae (incl. Didymelaceae) Haptanthaceae
benzylisoquinolines absent
Vitales*
A epipetalous, 2 ovules per carpel; raphides, pearl glands;
berries Vitaceae
cork origin deep-seated;
Zygophyllales*
endosperm lacking;
resinous, lignans/neolignans, harman alkaloids Krameriaceae Zygophyllaceae
ellagic acid tannins
Picramniales*
Eurosids II
Asterids
Solanales
nectary gynoecial,
ovules unitegmic,
epipetalous
polyandry
flw petals plicate; K persisting;
diverse alkaloids, no iridoids
Convolvulaceae (incl. Cuscutaceae) Solanaceae (incl. Nolanaceae)
endosperm cellular; rare,
G(2)
Hydroleaceae Montiniaceae Sphenocleaceae
iridoids common lvs roughly hairy; nodes unilacunar;
Boraginaceae Cordiaceae Heliotropiaceae
infl
cymose
ellagic acid
infl scorpioid; mostly 4 ovules;
isokestose, higher inulins, pyrrolizidine alkaloids Boraginales Codonaceae Ehretiaceae (+ Lennoa) Hydrophyllaceae
Wellstediaceae
woody; lvs serrate;
Aquifoliales
lacking
flw 1-2 ovules/carpel, C± free, K slightly connate;
fr drupe with broad stigma
Aquifoliaceae Cardiopteridaceae Stemonuraceae
early
sympetaly
fl small
flw often monosymmetric, Asteraceae Goodeniaceae Pentaphragmataceae
plunger pollination (long style);
embryo
short
nodes trilacunar;
inulin, sesquiterpenes, secoiridoids
Asterales Calyceraceae Menyanthaceae
Campanulaceae (incl. Lobeliaceae)
Rousseaceae
Stylidiaceae
mostly woody; infl racemose, C free,
Escalloniales* Escalloniaceae
Euasterids II
Bruniales*
woody, evergreen; nodes 1:1;
flw polysymmetric, anthers basifixed Bruniaceae Columelliaceae (incl. Desfontainia)
G inferior
- this poster depicts only the largest and most important of the currently accepted approx. 450 families (according to APweb 2010);
woody; infl racemose, flw 4-merous,
Paracryphiales*
fr usually