Download Solanum tuberosum

Asterids III – the end of the
eudicots
Solanaceae
Apiaceae
Phylogeny
Solanaceae – Nightshade Family
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Flowers in 5’s (except carpel)
United sepals and petals
Connivent anthers
Alternate leaves
Spiral leaves
Fruit a berry, drupe, or capsule
Plicate corolla
Cymes or solitary infloresence
Mostly herbs in Colorado
Floral Formula - Solanaceae
Solanaceae - Distribution
Pliate Flowers
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Economic Importance
• Edible plants, such as Capsicum (peppers),
Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato), Physalis
philadelphica (tomatillo), Solanum tuberosum
(potato), Solanum melongena (eggplant)
• Medicinal properties (e.g., atropine from
Atropa belladona), hallucinogenic properties
(e.g., Datura, Jimson weed), all alkaloids
• Deadly poisons (e.g., Datura, Solanum spp.)
• Carcinogens (e.g., Nicotiana tabacum); some
used as ornamental cultivars, others are
noxious weeds
Capsicum annuum
Capsaicin
• Methyl vanillyl nonenamide
• Used topically as a pain reliever
• Some indications as an injected drug for
osteoarthritis relief
• Very bad to get in the eyes
• Birds are not effected
• Black pepper is a whole different family
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Capsaicin
Assorted members of Capsicum
A. Bell Pepper
B. Hungarian Hot Wax
C. Habanero
D. Jalapeño
E. Cayenne
F. Serrano
Lycopersicon esculentum
Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo)
Solanum tuberosum
Potato
Tubers –
Underground
Stems
Solanum melongena - eggplant
Atropa belladonna
Datura wrightii
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Nicotiana tobacum
Angel's Trumpets (Brugmansia)
Apiaceae – Carrot or Parsley
Family
• Old name was umbelliferae, because
infloresence for this family is usually an
umbel
• Compound umbels
• Usually hollow flower stalks
• Herbaceous in our area
• Sheathing, pinnately compound leaves
• Fruit is a schizocarp of mericarps
Apiaceae
Sheathing leaves
Infloresence a compound umbel
Pinnately compound leaves
Schizocarp fruit
Schizocarp of mericarps
Apiaceae – Biennial plants
• Biennials, like carrots
• Produce leaves and an underground root
the first year,
• Flower, set seed, and die during the
second year
Economic members - Apiaceae
• Food, herb, and spice plants, such as
Anethum, dill; Apium, celery; Carum,
caraway; Coriandrum, coriander;
Cuminum, cumin; Daucus, carrot;
Foeniculum, fennel; and Petroselinum,
parsely;
• Some species are poisonous, such as
Conium maculatum, poison-hemlock;
Daucus carrota – cultivated carrot
aka Queen Anne’s Lace
Coriander seeds or plants as
cillantro = (Coriandrum sativum)
Foeniculum vulgare - fennel
Celery and celery root - Apium
graveolens
Azorella compacta - LLareta
A. compacta