Class Angiospermae Subclass Monocotyledoneae

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Class AngiospermaeSubclass Monocotyledoneae

• Superorders Lilianae
• Lecture 11

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Superorder Lilianae Order LilialesFamily
Liliaceae

• Lily family
• Perennial herbs w/ bulbs or occasionally rhizomes
• Inflorescence determinate, terminal
• Leaves simple, entire, parallel-veined, often
  sheathed

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Family Liliaceae

• Flowers actinomorphic to slightly zygomorphic,
  perfect, hypogynous, showy
• Perianth 6 tepals in 2 whorls of 3,petaloid,
  distinct
• Androecium 6 stamens
• Gynoecium 1 pistil, ovary superior
• Fruit usually a capsule, sometimes a berry

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Polygonatum biflorum
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Superorder Lilianae Order LilialesFamily
Iridaceae

• Iris Family
• Perennial herbs w/ rhizomes, bulbs, or corms
• Leaves simple, entire, parallel-veined, usually
  narrow
• Inflorescence determinate, terminal

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Superorder Lilianae Order LilialesFamily
Iridaceae

• Flowers actinomorphic to zygomorphic, perfect,
  epigynous, usually large showy
• Perianth 6 tepals all petaloid, distinct
• Androecium 3 stamens
• Gynoecium 1 pistil, ovary inferior
• Fruit capsule

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Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)
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Superorder Lilianae Order OrchidalesFamily
Orchidaceae

• Orchid Family
• Perennial herbs, terrestrial, ephiphytic or
  sometimes saprophytic w/out chlorophyll
• Leaves simple, entire, parallel-veined,
  coriaceous or succulent
• Inflorescence indeterminate, terminal or
  axillary

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Superorder Lilianae Order Orchidales Family
Orchidaceae

• Flowers strikingly zygomorphic, perfect,
  epigynous, very small to large and showy
• Perianth 6 tepals, petaloid or differentiated
  into calyx corolla
• Androecium 1-2 stamens
• Gynoecium 1 pistil, ovary inferior
• Fruit capsule

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Platanthera ciliaris (yellow-fringed orchid)
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Mystacidium capense (Iphamba)