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This week: Open lab times for IDing and
mounting your plant collections
Thursday 11–1, HS 204
MILES Summer
Research Internships
Applications are due
by May 19 – You need
to have a faculty
research sponsor first.
http://miles.dbs.umt.edu/
studentopportunities/miraaward.php
OBE Seminar
4:10, ISB 110
Peter Vitousek
Stanford University
“Hawaii as a model for
understanding humanenvironment interaction”
Major groups within Angiosperms
Basal families
Magnoliid
complex
“Dicots”
Eudicots
Monocots
Monocot diversity
Irises
Agaves
Orchids
Pandanus
Lilies
Palms
Dioscorea
Grasses
Sedges
Rushes
Aroids
Bromeliads
Gingers
Alismataceae
Acorus
Commelina
New families -- Petaloid monocots
Liliaceae (Lily family)
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Orchidaceae
(Orchid family)
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Worldwide
widespread in both temperate and tropical regions
~90 genera, 2000 species
In Montana
0nly 2 genera here -- Iris and Sisyrinchium
Growth habit/Life history
perennial herbs with bulbs, corms or rhizomes
bulb =
underground storage organ made of thickened leaf bases
Corm = vertical stem
thickened into below-ground
storage organ
Rhizome = horizontal stem
thickened into below-ground
storage organ
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Leaves
simple
linear
sheathing bases
equitant (folded)
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Inflorescence
determinate => cyme
terminal bud
flowers first
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Flowers
regular, perfect (bisexual)
Sepals + Petals (Tepals)
6 (all showy usually)
often fused at base
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Stamens
3, distinct
Gynoecium
3 fused carpels
1 style with 3+ branches
(petaloid in Iris)
inferior ovary
Fruit type
Iridaceae -- Iris family
capsule (seeds sometimes w/ fleshy arils)
Iridaceae -- Iris family
Crocus sativus - Saffron Crocus
spice and dye made from styles
Iridaceae --Iris family
Freesia
Gladiolus
Native to southern Africa -- cultivated for florists
Sisyrinchium -- Blue-eyed grass
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Iris -- Iris
In Montana
2 species (1 native, 1 not)
Habitat
primarily wet areas
Growth habit/Life history
perennial herbs with rhizomes
I. missouriensis
I. pseudacorus - potentially invasive
Iris -- Iris
Petaloid style branches
style
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Iris -- Iris
Petaloid styles
direct pollinator access
stigma flap
Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Worldwide
widespread; greatest diversity in tropics
largest or 2nd largest family
20,000-30,000 species
Growth habit/Life history
perennial herbs
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Epiphytic orchids (tropics)
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Terrestrial orchids (temperate zone)
Cyprepedium
Corallorhiza (parasitic)
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
>20,000 species, but only 1 used for human food!
Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla bean
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
In Montana
9 genera, ~25 species
Growth Habit
all terrestrial herbs
1 saprophytic/parasitic
usually w/ corm or rhizome
Habitats
coniferous woods
wet areas (bogs, moist meadows)
Spiranthes
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Leaves
usually oval (not grasslike)
often a basal rosette
Inflorescences
solitary
raceme
spike
Goodyera (Rattlesnake Plantain)
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
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Flowers
bilaterally symmetric (irregular)
Sepals + Petals (Tepals)
3 + 3, usually all showy
1 petal different = lip
Calypso bulbosa
Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Stamens
1 in most species
Gynoecium
3 fused carpels
adnate into
fleshy column
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Pollen packaged into waxy masses or pollinia
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Fruit type
capsule with lots of tiny seeds, splitting on sides
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Orchidaceae -- Orchid family
Mycorrhizae (fungi) necessary for seed germination
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Orchid floral diversity
Visual insect mimics
bee orchid
wasp orchid
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Orchid floral diversity
Insect scent mimics
Australian Spider Orchid - wasp attracted by pheromone
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Orchid floral diversity
Darwin’s Orchid -- long-tongued moth pollinator
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Orchid floral diversity
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Catasetum -- euglossine bees use orchid exudate as their pheromone
Montana orchids
Cypripedium -- Lady’s Slippers
Montana orchids
Epipactis -- Stream Orchid, Helleborine
Montana orchids
Corallorhiza - Coral Root
Montana orchids
Listera and Liparis - Twayblades
Calypso -- Fairy Slipper
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- “typical” orchid flower
- solitary flower rising from single leaf
- color variable
- deceit pollination (no reward)
Key distinguishing features???
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