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Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly
vines.
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly
vines.
 2. Opposite leaves; mostly
pinnately compound.
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly vines.
 2. Opposite leaves; mostly pinnately
compound.
 3. Flower irregular or nearly regular.
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly vines.
 2. Opposite leaves; mostly pinnately
compound.
 3. Flower irregular or nearly regular.
 4. Petals and sepals 5-merous.
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly vines.
 2. Opposite leaves; mostly pinnately
compound.
 3. Flower irregular or nearly regular.
 4. Petals and sepals 5-merous.
 5. Stamen 4 (2 or 5).
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae “bignonia”
 1. Woody perennials; mostly vines.
 2. Opposite leaves; mostly pinnately compound.
 3. Flower irregular or nearly regular.
 4. Petals and sepals 5-merous.
 5. Stamen 4 (2 or 5).
 6. Fruit a capsule; often winged seeds.
 Trumpet creeper Campsis radiacans
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae “magnolia”
 1. Trees or shrubs.
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae “magnolia”
 1. Trees or shrubs.
 2. Leaves alternate,simple, stipulate.
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae “magnolia”
 1. Trees or shrubs.
 2. Leaves alternate,simple,
stipulate.
 3. Solitary flowers; perfect;
regular.
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae “magnolia”
 1. Trees or shrubs.
 2. Leaves alternate,simple,
stipulate.
 3. Solitary flowers; perfect;
regular.
 4. Numerous flower parts
spirally arranged.
 Liriodendrom, Magnolia
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Actinomorphic
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Actinomorphic
 3. 3-merous (6 stamen)
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Actinomorphic
 3. 3-merous (6 stamen)
 4. Ovary mostly superior
 Lilium, Smilacina, Allium
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal
sheath.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal sheath.
 3. Sepals 3, green.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal
sheath.
 3. Sepals 3, green.
 4. Petals usually 3, usually blue.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal sheath.
 3. Sepals 3, green.
 4. Petals usually 3, usually blue.
 5. Filaments often hairy.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal sheath.
 3. Sepals 3, green.
 4. Petals usually 3, usually blue.
 5. Filaments often hairy.
 6. Ovary superier; 3 carpels, 3 locules.
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
 1. Herbs with succulent stems.
 2. Leaves with closed basal sheath.
 3. Sepals 3, green.
 4. Petals usually 3, usually blue.
 5. Filaments often hairy.
 6. Ovary superier; 3 carpels, 3 locules.
 7. Six (6) stamen, 3 often stamenoid.
 Trandescantia “spiderwort”
 Commelina “day flower”
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Equitant Leaves
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Equitant Leaves
 3. Mostly Irregular, Actinomorphic
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Equitant Leaves
 3. Mostly Irregular, Actinomorphic
 4. 3-merous (3 stamen)
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Equitant Leaves
 3. Mostly Irregular,
Actinomorphic
 4. 3-merous (3 stamen)
 5. Ovary mostly inferior
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
 1. Herbaceous perennials
 2. Equitant Leaves
 3. Mostly Irregular, Actinomorphic
 4. 3-merous (3 stamen)
 5. Ovary mostly inferior
 6. Fruit: capsule
 Iris, Gladiolus, Crocus, Belamcanda
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
 2. Leaves opposite; simple; connected at the base with a transverse
line.
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
 2. Leaves opposite; simple; connected at the base with a transverse
line.
 3. Bisexual; actinomorphic; 5-merous (stamen 5 or 10).
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
 2. Leaves opposite; simple; connected at the base with a transverse
line.
 3. Bisexual; actinomorphic; 5-merous (stamen 5 or 10).
 4. Pistil with free central placentation; 1 locule.
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
 1. Annual or perennial herbs with swollen nodes.
 2. Leaves opposite; simple; connected at the base with a transverse
line.
 3. Bisexual; actinomorphic; 5-merous (stamen 5 or 10).
 4. Pistil with free central placentation; 1 locule.
 5. Fruit; a dry capsule opening with teeth or valves.
 Dianthus (“pinks”), Stellaria (“chickweeds”),
 Silene (“catchfly”), Lychnis (“campion”)
SubclassRosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
 1. Aromatic biennial or perennial herbs with hollow leaf stems.
SubclassRosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
 1. Aromatic bienn1al or perennial herbs with hollow leaf stems.
 2. Leaves compound with sheathing bases.
SubclassRosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
 1. Aromatic bienn1al or perennial herbs with hollow leaf stems.
 2. Leaves compound with sheathing bases.
 3. Inflorescence umbellate.
SubclassRosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
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1. Aromatic biennial or perennial herbs with hollow leaf stems.
2. Leaves compound with sheathing bases.
3. Inflorescence umbellate.
4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, 5-merous; 2 carpels.
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Ca5, Co5, A5, G2
Daucus (“wild carrot”), Conium (“poison hemlock”),
Pastinaca (“wild parsnip”), Sanicula (“black snakeroot”)
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
 4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
 4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
 5. Corolla usually 4 petals - cross
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
 4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
 5. Corolla usually 4 petals - cross
 6. Androecium of 6 stamen: 4 long, 2 short
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
 4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
 5. Corolla usually 4 petals - cross
 6. Androecium of 6 stamen: 4 long, 2 short
 7. Gynecium a compound pistil with 2 carpels, 2 locules
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Salicales
Family:Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
 1. Herbs
 2. Leaves simple, often dissected
 3. Inflorescence usually a raceme
 4. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
 5. Corolla usually 4 petals - cross
 6. Androecium of 6 stamen: 4 long, 2 short
 7. Gynecium a compound pistil with 2 carpels, 2 locules
 8. Fruit: a silique or silicle
 Brassica, “mustards”, “shepard’s purse”