Smith, James P, Jr

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Humboldt State University Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data 12-6-2019 Vascular Plant Families of the United States Grouped by Diagnostic Features James P. Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps  Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Smith, James P., "Vascular Plant Families of the United States Grouped by Diagnostic Features" (2019). Botanical Studies. 96. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/96 This Flora of the United States and North America is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact kyle.morgan@humboldt.edu. FLOWERING PLANT FAMILIES OF THE UNITED STATESGROUPED BY DIAGNOSTIC FEATURESJames P. Smith, Jr.Professor Emeritus of BotanyDepartment of Biological SciencesHumboldt State UniversitySecond edition — 6 December 2019The focus is on families of plants found in the conterminous United States, including ornamentals. The listing ofa family is not meant to imply that every species has that feature. I am using a fewfamily names, such as Liliaceae,Plantaginaceae, and Scrophulariaceae, in the traditional sense, because their limits remain unsettled. HABITATAquatic(free-floating) AraceaeLemnaceaePontederiaceaeAquatic(fully submerged)CeratophyllaceaeElatinaceaePotamogetonaceaeRuppiaceaeZosteraceaeMarine watersAvicenniaceaeCymodoceaceaeHydrocharitaceaeRhizophoraceaeRuppiaceaeZosteraceaeFreshwaterAcoraceaeAlismataceaeAponogetonaceaeCallitrichaceaeElatinaceaeHaloragaceaeHippuridaceaeNelumbonaceaePotamogetonaceaeScheuchzeriaceaeEpiphytesAraceaeBromeliaceaeOrchidaceaeParasitic on branchesApodanthaceaeSantalaceaeGENERALAPPEARANCEGrass-likeCyperaceaeGramineaeJuncaceaeMoss-likeMayacaceaePalm-likeAsparagaceaePalmaeAchlorophyllousConvolvulaceaeEricaceaeMontiaceaeOrchidaceaeOrobanchaceaePortulacaceaeSantalaceaeScrophulariaceaeEpiphytesBromeliaceaeCactaceaeMoraceaeOrchidaceaeVineAraliaceaeAristolochiaceaeBasellaceaeBignoniaceaeConvolvulaceaeCucurbitaceaeDioscoreaceaeLardizabalaceaeLeguminosaeMenispermaceaePassifloraceaeRhamnaceaeSmilacaceaeVitaceaeTendril-bearingBignoniaceaeCucurbitaceaeLeguminosaePassifloraceaeRhamnaceaeVitaceaeBulbousAmaryllidaceaeDioscoreaceaeOxalidaceaePortulacaceaeTrees (cone-like structures)BetulaceaeCasuarinaceaeMagnoliaceaeWoody (compound leaves)AceraceaeAnacardiaceaeCapparaceaeCleomaceaeJuglandaceaeLeguminosaeMeliaceaeOleaceaePalmaeRosaceaeRutaceaeSapindaceaeSimaroubaceaeStaphyleaceaeZygophyllaceaeSTEMSRibbon-likeAsparagaceaePolygonaceaeJointedBegoniaceaeCaryophyllaceaeCommelinaceaeGramineaePiperaceaePolygonaceaeSantalaceaeVitaceaeZygophyllaceae3-sidedCyperaceae4-sidedLabiataeScrophulariaceaeVerbenaceae5-sidedCucurbitaceaeSucculentAizoaceaeCactaceaeEuphorbiaceaeLiliaceae s. l.-1-LEAVESConifer-likeCasuarinaceaeEricaceaeTamaricaceaeEquitantIridaceaeSpinyAquifoliaceaeBerberidaceaeCompositaePapaveraceaeRhamnaceaeGland-dottedGuttiferaeLauraceaeMyrsinaceaeMyrtaceaeOleaceaePlumbaginaceaeRhizophoraceaeRutaceaeVitaceaeSucculentAizoaceaeAmaranthaceaeBataceaeCrassulaceaeMontiaceaeNyctaginaceaePortulacaceaeTubularSarraceniaceaeSticky (insectivorous)DroseraceaeLentibulariaceaePUBESCENCEStellate hairsHamamelidaceaeSapotaceaeSterculiaceaeTiliaceaeMalpighiaceous hairsMalpighiaceaeSapotaceaeScalesAmaranthaceaeElaeagnaceaeStinging/irritating hairsEuphorbiaceaeLoasaceaeHydrophyllaceaeUrticaceaeAROMATIC PLANTSHerbaceousAristolochiaceaeCompositaeGeraniaceaeLabiataePolemoniaceaeRutaceaeSaururaceaeUmbelliferaeVerbenaceaeZingiberaceaeWoodyCalycanthaceaeCanellaceaeCistaceaeIlliciaceaeJuglandaceaeLauraceaeMeliaceaeMyricaceaeMyrtaceaePittosporaceaeRutaceaeSchisandraceaeSimaroubaceaeLATEX BEARINGWoodyCaricaceaeEuphorbiaceaeMoraceaeSapotaceaeHerbaceousAlismataceaeApocynaceaeAponogetonaceaeAraceaeAristolochiaceaeBixaceaeCampanulaceaeCompositaeConvolvulaceaeEuphorbiaceaeHaemodoraceaeNymphaeaceaePapaveraceaeMUCILAGINOUSPLANTSCommelinaceaeMalvaceaeMusaceaeSterculiaceaeINSECTIVOROUSDroseraceaeLentibulariaceaeSarraceniaceaeINFLORESCENCESTrees with catkinsBetulaceaeFagaceaeJuglandaceaeGarryaceaeMoraceaeSalicaceaeUmbelAmaryllidaceaeAraliaceaeSmilacaceaeCompound umbelUmbelliferaeSpikeletsCyperaceaeGramineaeRafflesiaceaeThickened spikeAraceaeBataceaeAmaranthaceaePiperaceaeSaururaceaeFLOWERSPerianth 0CallitrichaceaeCasuarinaceaeEuphorbiaceaeHippuridaceaeLemnaceaeMyricaceaePotamogetonaceaeRuppiaceaeSaururaceaeSarcobataceaeTyphaceae2-merousLiliaceaeStemonaceae3-merous (but a dicot)AristolochiaceaeBerberidaceaeCabombaceaeLimnanthaceaePolygonaceaeLardizabalaceaeMenispermaceae4-merous(trees)OleaceaePlatanaceae4-merous(herbs)CruciferaeLiliaceaeOnagraceaePlantaginaceaePotamogetonaceaeSpirally-inserted partsIlliciaceaeMagnoliaceaeRanunculaceaeConspicuously bracteateAcanthaceaeBromeliaceaeHeliconiaceaeMarantaceaeMusaceaeNyctaginaceaeScrophulariaceaeStrelitziaceaeTheaceaeCoronaApocynaceaeLiliaceaePassifloraceaeHypanthiumCactaceaeCalycanthaceaeHydrangeaceaeLeguminosaeLythraceaeMelastomaceaeMyrtaceaeOnagraceaeRhamnaceaeSantalaceaeRosaceaeThymelaeaceaeTurneraceaeEpicalyxCaryophyllaceaeDipsacaceaeLythraceaeMalvaceaeTiliaceaeBilabiate corollaAcanthaceae-2-BignoniaceaeLabiataeLentibulariaceaeVerbenaceaeSpurredBalsaminaceaeOrchidaceaeRanunculaceaeScrophulariaceaeTropaeolaceaeValerianaceaeViolaceaePetals hairyRhizophoraceaePetals clawedCaryophyllaceaeCruciferaeZygophyllaceaeFlowers unisexual(herbs)AcoraceaeApodanthaceaeAraceaeBataceaeCallitrichaceaeCannabaceaeCeratophyllaceaeCucurbitaceaeElatinaceaeEriocaulaceaeEuphorbiaceaeHaloragaceaeLemnaceaeSmilacaceaeTyphaceaeUrticaceaeZannichelliaceaeZosteraceaeFlowers unisexual(woody plants)BetulaceaeBuddlejaceaeBurseraceaeEbenaceaeFagaceaeGarryaceaeJuglandaceaeMoraceaeMyricaceaePlatanaceaeSalicaceaeSarcobataceaeSimaroubaceaeSterculiaceaeStamens(hairy)CommelinaceaeStamens Numerous(woody plants)CactaceaeCistaceaeGuttiferaeHydrangeaceaeLeguminosaeLoasaceaeMagnoliaceaeMalvaceaeMyrtaceaeTheaceaeTiliaceaeStamens numerous(herbs)CactaceaeGuttiferaeLoasaceaeMalvaceaeMontiaceaeNelumbonaceaeNymphaeaceaePaeoniaceaePhytolaccaceaePortulacaceaeRanunculaceaeResedaceaeStamens(in bundles)GuttiferaeMyrtaceaeTheaceaeTiliaceaeStamens(didynamous)GesneriaceaeLabiataeBignoniaceaeVerbenaceaeStamens(tetradynamous)CruciferaeStamens(appendaged)EricaceaeMelastomataceaeMeliaceaeStaminoidsAcanthaceaeAraceaeBignoniaceaeCannaceaeGeraniaceaeGesneriaceaeGuttiferaeHamamelidaceaeLauraceaeLinaceaeMarantaceaeOnagraceaePrimulaceaeRanunculaceaeScrophulariaceaeZingiberaceaeOvary(stipitate)CapparaceaeCleomaceaeStamens & Carpels(fused)ApocynaceaeOrchidaceaeFRUITSWingedAceraceaeCelastraceaeCompositaeJuglandaceaeMagnoliaceaeOleaceaeSapindaceaeUlmaceaeUmbelliferaeSpiny/hookedAltingiaceaeCompositaeFagaceaeKrameriaceaePedaliaceaeUmbelliferaeCaryopsisGramineaeFollicle(s)ApocynaceaeMagnoliaceaePaeoniaceaeRanunculaceaeRosaceaeLegumeLeguminosaeNutAmaranthaceaeBetulaceaeJuglandaceaeOnagraceaePolygalaceaePolygonaceaeRhamnaceaeNutletBoraginaceaeLabiataePepoCucurbitaceaePomeRosaceaeSchizocarp(s)GeraniaceaeMalvaceaeOleaceaeRutaceaeSapindaceaeUmbelliferaeWarty/facetedAraceaeCyclanthaceaeMoraceaePandanaceaePlatanaceaeSEEDSArilsCelastraceaeLeguminosaeMarantaceaePassifloraceaePolygalaceaeThymelaeaceaeCaruncles/ElaiosomesBuxaceaeEuphorbiaceaePrimulaceaeRanunculaceaeResedaceaeViolaceaeApical tuft of hairsApocynaceaeCompositae-3-USEFUL REFERENCESChristenhusz, M. 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