ASTERIDS I - GENTIANS AND MILKWEEDS

Lecture Schedule

Lecture

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Survey of the Core Asterids 

Asterids I - Order Gentianales [see molecular Asterid phylogeny]

Gentianaceae (gentian family)

Bartonia virginica (screwstem)
Gentiana flavida [= G. alba (yellowish gentian)
Gentiana andrewsii (bottle gentian)
Gentianella quinqefolia (stiff gentian)
Gentianopsis crinita (fringed gentian)
Gentianopsis procera (small fringed gentian)
Sabatia campanulata (slender marsh pink)
Halenia deflexa (spurred gentian)
Frasera caroliniensis (American columbo)
tropical gentians

Apocynaceae (dogbane family)

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)
Apocynum cannabinum (Indian hemp)
Vinca minor (periwinkle)
Nerium (oleander)

Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) [within Apocynaceae]

Corona
Gynostegium
Pollinium (pollinia plural)

Asclepias amplexicaulis (clasping-leaved milkweed)
Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)
Asclepias curassavica (blood flower)

Rubiaceae (coffee family)

Inferior ovary
Opposite leaves
Regular corolla
Interpetiolar stipules

Diodea (buttonweed)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)
Hedyotis longifolia (bluets) [= Houstonia]
Mitchella repens (twin-berry, partridge-berry)
Galium (bedstraw, cleavers)
Coffea arabica (coffee)
Cinchona officinalis (quinine)
Gardenia florida (gardenias)
Uragoga ipecacuanha (medicinal ipecac)

Asterids I - Order Solanales [to be continued next lecture] [see molecular Asterid phylogeny]

Solanaceae (nightshade, tomato, or potato family)

Solanum tuberosum (potato)
Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato)
Nicotiana tabaccum (tobacco)
Capsicum (pepper)
Petunia (petunia)
Datura stramonium (jimson-weed)
Physalis virginiana (ground cherry)
Solanum americanum (black nightshade)
S. dulcamara (bittersweet)
S. carolinense (horsenettle)