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1 Systematic Botany. Rosidae I Alexey Shipunov Minot State University Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 1 / 66

2 Outline Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Fagaceae beech family Betulaceae birch family Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Rosaceae rose family Salicaceae willow family Euphorbiaceae spurge family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 2 / 66

3 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 3 / 66

4 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family General features of Leguminosae Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Up to 17,000 species, third largest angiosperm family after Compositae (aster family) and Orchidaceae Widely distributed throughout the world but preferably in tropics Three subfamilies (Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, Papilionoideae) often treated as separate families Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 4 / 66

5 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Morphology of Leguminosae Have root nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria Leaves alternate, pinnately compound (once or twice), with stipules Sepals 5, united; petals 5, in Papilionoideae they are free, unequal and have special names (banner, keel and wing), in Mimosoideae they fuse and form tube Stamens often 10 with 9 fused and one free stamen; in Mimosoideae, stamens are numerous Singe pistil with single carpel Fruit is a legume: dehiscent with one camera Mature seeds without endosperm Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 5 / 66

6 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Flower of Papilionoideae Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 6 / 66

7 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Leguminosae flower: Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae K (5) C (5) A 5 G 1 or K (5) C 1,2,2 A 1,[4+5] G 1 Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 7 / 66

8 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 8 / 66

9 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Leguminosae classification Three subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae and the biggest is Papilionoideae (Faboideae) Caesalpinioideae: Gleditsia gleditsia Bauhinia orchid tree Cercis redbud Delonix royal poinciana Mimosoideae: Desmanthus prairie mimosa Prosopis mesquite Acacia acacia Mimosa sensitive plant, mimosa Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 9 / 66

10 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Delonix regia in flower Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 10 / 66

11 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Unusual legume Harleyodendron unifoliatum Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 11 / 66

12 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Phyllodes of Australian Acacia glaucoptera Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 12 / 66

13 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Desmanthus illinoensis Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 13 / 66

14 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Mimosa pudica before touch Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 14 / 66

15 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Mimosa pudica after touch Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 15 / 66

16 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Representatives of Papilionoideae (Faboideae) Swartzioids (Swartzia: highly unusual, but only in tropics) Genistioids Lupinus lupinus Dalbergioids Millettioids Amorpha false indigo Petalostemon, or Dalea prairie-clover Arachis peanut Desmodium tick-trefoil Apios ground nut Phaseolus beans Glycine soybeans Psoralea breadroot Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 16 / 66

17 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Swarzia sp. Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 17 / 66

18 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Representatives of Papilionoideae (Faboideae) (contd.) Robinioids Lotus trefoil Robinia locust IRLC ( inverted repeat-lacking ) group Caragana Siberian peashrub Astragalus milkvetch Oxytropis loco-weed Trifolium clover Vicia, Lathyrus vetch Medicago alfalfa Melilotus sweet clover Pisum pea Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 18 / 66

19 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Glycine max, soybean Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 19 / 66

20 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Arachis hypogaea, peanut Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 20 / 66

21 Leguminosae, or Fabaceae legume family Phylogeny of legumes Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 21 / 66

22 Fagaceae beech family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Fagaceae beech family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 22 / 66

23 Fagaceae beech family Fagaceae beech family 800 species Distributed mostly in broad-leaved forests of North hemisphere Life forms: trees, rarely shrubs with mycorrhizal roots Leaves simple, entire or lobed, alternate, with minute stipules Flowers in catkins, very reduced due to wind pollination, unisexual; carpellate flowers with involucre of multiple fused bracts; perianth scale-like, stamens from 4 to numerous Pistil of 3 6 carpels, ovary inferior, 5 of 6 ovules are aborting Fruit a nut (acorn is a nut + involucre) with one seed with large embryo and no endosperm Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 23 / 66

24 Fagaceae beech family Quercus flowers and inflorescences Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 24 / 66

25 Fagaceae beech family Fagaceae flowers P 6 9 G (6) P 6 9 A 6 12 Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 25 / 66

26 Fagaceae beech family Representatives of Fagaceae Importance: wood producers, sometimes (chestnut) also food plants Quercus oak Fagus beech Castanea chestnut Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 26 / 66

27 Betulaceae birch family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Betulaceae birch family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 27 / 66

28 Betulaceae birch family Betulaceae birch family 150 species Distributed in Northern hemisphere, frequent from temperate to arctic regions Life forms: trees and shrubs with mycorrhizal roots Leaves alternate, simple, serrate, deciduous, with stipules Flowers in catkins or compact inflorescences, very reduced, unisexual, associated with bracts; perianth minute or absent, stamens 1 4 Pistil bicarpellate, ovary inferior, ovules 2, one aborting Fruit a nut or nutlet, with subtended bracts, seeds with large embryo and almost no endosperm Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 28 / 66

29 Betulaceae birch family Carpinus flowers and inflorescences Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 29 / 66

30 Betulaceae birch family Betulaceae flowers and inflorescences K 0 6 C 0 A 1 4 K 0 6 C 0 G (2) Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 30 / 66

31 Betulaceae birch family Representatives of Betulaceae Importance: ornamental, wood, edible nuts (Corylus) Corylus hazelnut (in subfamily Coryloideae: naked male flowers and female flowers with perianth) Betula birch Alnus alder Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 31 / 66

32 Betulaceae birch family Cucurbitaceae, melon family 900 species, mostly tropical and subtropical plants Prefer dry regions, important component of different deserts Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 32 / 66

33 Betulaceae birch family Morphology of Cucurbitaceae Hairy herbs or vines with tendrils (modified shoots) Vascular bundles bicollateral: phoem locates from both sides of xylem Leaves alternate, without stipules, sometimes palmately dissected, with actinodromous venation Flowers unisexual, in raceme-like inflorescences Petals fused, form a tube Stamens usually fused Pistil with 3 carpels, ovary inferior (flower epigynous) Fruit is a berry Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 33 / 66

34 Betulaceae birch family Cucurbitaceae flower diagram K (5) C (5) A (3 5) ; K (5) C (5) G (3) Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 34 / 66

35 Betulaceae birch family Representatives of Cucurbitaceae Many famous crops: Pumpkin, squash Cucurbita Melon Melo Watermelon Citrullus Cucumber Cucumis Gourd Lagenaria In North Dakota, invasive wild cucumber (Echinocystis) is a common plant now Exploding cucumber Ecballium is a famous example of mechanical seed distribution Hodgsonia is one of the most attractive Cucurbitaceae Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 35 / 66

36 Betulaceae birch family Wild watermelon, Citrullus colocynthis Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 36 / 66

37 Betulaceae birch family Wild cucumber, Echinocystis lobata (near Minot) Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 37 / 66

38 Betulaceae birch family Hodgsonia heteroclita, female plant Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 38 / 66

39 Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 39 / 66

40 Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family 50 species Distributed in temperate and subtropical parts of Northern hemisphere Life forms: shrubs or small trees, often thorny, roots nodulated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria Leaves alternate or opposite, simple, entire, without stipules, with specific lepidote trichomes Flowers solitary or in inflorescences, 4-merous, without petals; 4 sepals attached to the hypanthium, stamens also 4. Pistil monomeric, with one basal ovule, ovary superior Fruit consists of dry achene inside of fleshy hypanthium Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 40 / 66

41 Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Elaeagnaceae flower K 4 5 C 0 A 4 5 G 1 Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 41 / 66

42 Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Representatives of Elaeagnaceae Importance: fruits are edible, Hippophaë is cultivated as berry plant Elaeagnus Russian olive: we have E. angustifolia, Russian olive, and E. argentea, silverberry Shepherdia buffaloberry, two species in ND: Sh. argentea and Sh. canadensis Hippophaë sea-buckthorn Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 42 / 66

43 Elaeagnaceae Russian olive family Hippophaë sea-buckthorn Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 43 / 66

44 Rosaceae rose family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Rosaceae rose family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 44 / 66

45 Rosaceae rose family General features of Rosaceae Rosaceae rose family 3, 000 species Nearly cosmopolitan, but more common to temperate and subtropical regions of Northern Hemisphere Forest and meadow plants, do not prefer dry places Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 45 / 66

46 Rosaceae rose family Morphology of Rosaceae Trees, shrubs and herbs Often accumulate cyanogenic compounds (contains C N group); some Rosaceae have nitrogen-fixing bacteria as symbionts Alternate, simple or dissected leaves with stipules Flowers with hypanthium; in Maloideae hypanthium fuses with pistils and produces inferior ovary Calyx with connected sepals, corolla with distinct petals Stamens numerous, typically in sets of 5 (or 10) Fruits diverse: multiple nuts/drupes in Rosoideae, multiple follicles or single drupes in Spiraeoideae, pomes in Maloideae Mature seeds without endosperm Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 46 / 66

47 Rosaceae rose family Rosaceae flower: Rosoideae and Spiraeoideae K 5 C 5 A 5 10 G 1 5 G (3 5) (Maloideae) Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 47 / 66

48 Rosaceae rose family Representatives of Rosaceae Several subfamilies, each with economically important members: Rosoideae (multiple one-seeded fruits) Rosa rose Fragaria strawberry and close genus Potentilla cinquefoil Rubus blackberry, raspberry Spiraeoideae (fruits follicles of solitary drupes) Prunus cherry, peach, apricot, plum Spiraea meadowsweet, important component of prairies Maloideae (now often inculded in Spiraeoideae; have inferior ovary, fruits are pomes) Pyrus apple, pear Crataegus (hawthorn), Sorbus (mountain ash), Amelanchier (serviceberry), Aronia (chokeberry) and others Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 48 / 66

49 Rosaceae rose family Spiraea tomentosa, prairie plant Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 49 / 66

50 Rosaceae rose family Aronia mitchurinii Spontaneous hybrid between American chokeberry and European Sorbus aria Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 50 / 66

51 Rosaceae rose family Potentilla fruticosa, shrubby cinquefoil Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 51 / 66

52 Salicaceae willow family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Salicaceae willow family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 52 / 66

53 Salicaceae willow family General features of Salicaceae 1010 species Distributed across all climatic zones, most genera are in tropics, most species in temperate regions Poplar (Populus) and willow (Salix) are important component of temperate riparian forests Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 53 / 66

54 Salicaceae willow family Morphology of Salicaceae Trees, usually with alternate simple leaves with stipules and salicoid teeth In many genera, flowers are more and more reduced from flowers with numerous stamens and both sepals and petals to apetalous flowers with several stamens Flowers often have disk flattened nectariferous structure Pistil of two carpels Fruit is a capsule Seeds often with hairs Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 54 / 66

55 Salicaceae willow family Salicaceae: Azara and Salix (female, male) K 0 6 C 0 8 A 2 G (2 4) Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 55 / 66

56 Salicaceae willow family Representatives of Salicaceae Willow (Salix), almost 300 species of trees and shrubs, important component of Northern flora Subgenus Salix S. amygdaloides S. alba* S. babylonica* S. fragilis* S. lucida S. serissima Subgenus Longifoliae S. exigua Subgenus Chamaetia S. pedicellaris Subgenus Vetrix S. cordata S. eriocephala S. lutea S. discolor S. humilis S. bebbiana S. candida Poplar, or cottonwood (Populus) has 40 species. Cultivated as a wood source. Aspen (Populus tremuloides) is a main component of North Dakota forests. Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 56 / 66

57 Salicaceae willow family Salicaceae: salicoid teeth; fossil Pseudosalix and recent Populus Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 57 / 66

58 Salicaceae willow family Salix hastata, female and male plants Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 58 / 66

59 Salicaceae willow family Salix sp., petiolar glands Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 59 / 66

60 Salicaceae willow family Aspen, Populus tremuloides Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 60 / 66

61 Salicaceae willow family Azara flowers Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 61 / 66

62 Euphorbiaceae spurge family Rosanae and Celastranae superorders of Rosidae Euphorbiaceae spurge family Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 62 / 66

63 Euphorbiaceae spurge family General features of Chamaesyce Sometimes, treated as Euphorbia Inflorescences are cyathia, small and flower-like Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 63 / 66

64 Euphorbiaceae spurge family Typical flower vs. cyathium Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 64 / 66

65 Euphorbiaceae spurge family Other Rosanae/Celastranae Rosales Urticaceae: Urtica (nettle) etc.... and other smaller families... and several other orders Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 65 / 66

66 Euphorbiaceae spurge family For Further Reading A. Shipunov. Shipunov, A. Plants of North Dakota. Manual onwards. Mode of access: nd_manual/nd_manual.pdf A. Shipunov. Shipunov, A. Flora of North Dakota: Checklist. Version 2. Ed.: Kartesz, J., and Nishino, M onwards. Mode of access: Minot State University Herbarium (MISU) Flora of Great Plains University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Shipunov (MSU) Systematic Botany. Rosidae I 66 / 66

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