ROSIDS IV

Lecture Schedule

Lecture

Survey of the Core Eudicots [see molecular Rosid phylogeny]

Rosids I - Order Cucurbitales

Cucurbitaceae (melon family)

Echinocystis (wild cucumber)
Sicyos (bee cucumber)
cultivated melons

Cucurbita (pumpkins, squashes)
Citrullus (watermelon)
Cucumis (cucumber, muskmelon)

Begoniaceae (begonia family)

 

Rosids I - Order Fagales

= wind pollinated 'Hamamelidae' in part ( or Amentiferae in part)

[see comparison of Cronquist vs. APG system]

suite of characters based on wind pollination
nut fruit

Juglandaceae (walnut family)

Monoecious trees
Pinnately compound leaves
Aromatic
Staminate flowers in catkins
Fruit a nut

Juglans nigra (black walnut)
J. regia (English walnut)
J. cinerea (butternut, white walnut)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
C. cordiformis (bitternut hickory)
C. illinoensis (pecan) 

Fagaceae (beech and oak family)

Monoecious usually
Simple leaves
Catkins only for some staminate flowers

Fagus grandifolia (beech)

Castanea dentata (chestnut)

Quercus (white and red oaks)    

Nothofagaceae (silver beech family - previously in Fagaceae)

Betulaceae (birch family)

Strictly monoecious
Simple leaves
Perianth completely lacking
Pistillate and staminate catkins

Alnus (alders)
Betula nigra (river birch)
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
Betula pumila (bog birch)
Carpinus carolinianum (bluebeech, hornbeam)
Ostrya virginiana (ironwood, hop hornbeam)
Corylus americanum (hazelnut, filbert)

Myricaceae (sweet gale family)

Myrica gale (sweet gale)
Comptonia perigrina (sweet fern)

Casuarinaceae (Australian pine family) - Nitrogen fixing

Casuarina (she oak, Australian pine)

Rosids II - Order Sapindales

woody, compound leaves, 1 ovule per compound ovary

Anacardiaceae (sumac and cashew family)

Rhus (sumacs - not poisonous)
Toxicodendron (poison sumac, poison ivy)
Mangifera indica (mango)
Pistacia vera (pistachio nut)
Anacardium occidentale (cashew)

Sapindaceae (soapberry, maple family) [includes old families Aceraceae & Hippocastanaceae]

Acer rubrum (red maple)
A. negundo (boxelder)
A. saccharum (sugar maple)
A. platanoides (Norway maple)
A. spicatum (mountain maple)
Aesculus (horsechestnut, Ohio buckeye)

Meliaceae (mahogany family)

Rutaceae (citrus, prickly ash family)

Simaroubaceae (tree-of-heaven family)