ROSIDS II

Lecture Schedule

Lecture

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Survey of the Core Eudicots [see molecular Rosid phylogeny]

Rosids I - Order Rosales (continued)

Rosaceae (previous lecture)

Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)

Rhamnus cathartica (buckthorn)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)

Elaeagnaceae (Russian olive family)

Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Shepherdia canadensis (buffalo-berry)

Ulmaceae (elm family)

Ulmus americana (american elm)
U. rubra (slippery or red elm)
U. pumila (Siberian elm)

Celtidaceae (hackberry family - previously within Ulmaceae) [APGII places in Cannabaceae]

Celtis occidentalis (hackberry) 

Cannabaceae (hemp or marijuana family)

Humulus lupulus (hops)
Cannabis sativa (hemp, marijuana)

subsp. sativa  [fiber cultivars, < 0.3% 9THC]

var. sativa  cultivated
var. spontanea  wild

subsp. indica  [narcotic cultivars, > 0.3% 9THC]

var. indica  cultivated
var. kaferistanica  wild

Urticaceae (nettle family) - includes Cecropiaceae (cecropia family)

Boehmeria (false nettle)
Laportea (wood nettle)
Parietaria (pellitory)
Pilea (clearweed)
Urtica (stinging nettle)

Moraceae (mulberry or fig family)

syconium
Morus alba (white mulberry)
Morus rubra (red mulberry)
Maclura pomifera (osage orange)
Ficus carica (common fig)
F. elastica (Indian rubber plant)
Arctocarpus (jackfruit, breadfruit)

 

Rosids I - Order Fabales

Fabaceae or Leguminosae

Circumscription of the legumes

1 large or 3 smaller families
Relationships among the three; molecular evidence

Mimosoideae (mimosa subfamily)

Prosopis (mesquite)
Mimosa (sensitive plant)
Acacia (acacia)

Caesalpinoideae (caesalpina subfamily)

Cassia = Senna (cassia, wild senna)
Bauhinia
Caesalpinia
Cercis canadensis (redbud)
Gleditsia tricanthos (honey locust)
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky coffee tree)

Faboideae (bean subfamily)

important cultivated family

Glycine max (soybean)
Phaseolus (beans)
Pisum (peas)
Lens (lentil)
Arachis (peanut)
Medicago (alfalfa)
Trifolium, Melilotus (clovers)

Amorpha (leadplant)
Apios (groundnut)
Baptisia (false indigo)
Desmodium (beggars-tick, tick-trefoil)
Lathyrus (wild peas)
Lupinus (lupine)
Robinia (locust)
Tephrosia (goats-rue)
Trifolium (wild clovers)
Vicia (vetch)

Polygalaceae (milkwort family)

Polygala (milkwort, gaywings)