Malpighiales

Viola

Belongs within: Violaceae.Contains: Viola section Leptidium, Viola section Chamaemelanium, Viola section Erpetion, Viola section Melanium, Viola section Viola, Viola section Nosphinium, Viola section Sempervivum, Viola section Rosulatae, Viola section Subandinium. Viola, the violets, is a cosmopolitan genus of mostly herbaceous plants bearing bilateral flowers with the lowest petal basally pouched or spurred. The genus may… Continue reading Viola

Belongs within: Fabidae.Contains: Putranjivaceae, Chrysobalanales, Elatinaceae, Malpighiaceae, Violineae, Peraceae, Rafflesiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Picrodendraceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Ochnaceae, Clusiaceae, Calophyllaceae, Podostemaceae, Hypericum. The Malpighiales are a large clade of flowering plants supported primarily by molecular analyses. Morphological synapomorphies for the clade are few, except for a toothed leaf lamina margin and dry stigma (Angiosperm Phylogeny Website).… Continue reading Malpighiales

Podostemaceae

Belongs within: Malpighiales. A simple stream life Published 15 July 2010 In a footnote to a recent post, I made the offhand comment that the strangest flowering plants were to be found among the Podostemoideae. Today I’d like to introduce you to them. Podostemaceae is a family of about 270 species of freshwater aquatic plants found… Continue reading Podostemaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Belongs within: Malpighiales.Contains: Antidesma, Glochidion, Baccaurea, Macaranga, Sauropus, Bertya, Sapium, Mallotus, Croton, Plukenetieae, Acalypha, Euphorbia. The Euphorbiaceae are a diverse group of flowering plants, including trees, shrubs and herbs. Stipules are typically present though they may be modified into spines or glands, and may be deciduous. Many members of the family are succulent and some can bear… Continue reading Euphorbiaceae

Salix

Belongs within: Salicaceae. Salix, the willows, is a genus of wind-pollinated trees and shrubs found mostly in arctic to temperate regions. Many species are grown as ornamentals and some have become widely invasive outside their native ranges. These include the weeping willow S. babylonica, a native of northeastern Asia of which selected varieties are grown… Continue reading Salix

Clusiaceae

Belongs within: Malpighiales. The Clusiaceae are a family of mostly tropical plants, historically known as the Guttiferae in reference to resins produced by many species. Past treatments of the family have included taxa now separated as the families Hypericaceae and Calophyllaceae. Remaining members of the Clusiaceae have opposite, exstipulate leaves and flowers with a short… Continue reading Clusiaceae

Malpighiaceae

Belongs within: Malpighiales. The Malpighiaceae are a tropical group of small trees, shrubs and climbers whose flowers often bear oil-producing glands to attract pollinating bees. Members include the Neotropical genus Byrsonima of which the nance B. crassifolia is cultivated for its edible fruits. Byrsonima species bear flowers in terminal racemes and fruits are drupes. Characters (Neotropikey): Trees,… Continue reading Malpighiaceae

Calophyllaceae

Belongs within: Malpighiales. The Calophyllaceae are an assemblage of about 450 species of latex-producing tropical trees and shrubs. One species, the mammee Mammea americana, is used in some parts of the Americas as a fruit tree whereas other species are used for their wood. Members of the genus Calophyllum are distinguished by leaves with close-set,… Continue reading Calophyllaceae

Violaceae

Belongs within: Violineae.Contains: Viola. The Violaceae are a family of flowering plants including the violets (Viola) and related species. Though the herbaceous genus Viola contains the majority of species, species in other genera of Violaceae are often shrubs. Members of the Australasian genus Hymenanthera often have spinescent branchlets and their fruit is a berry. Hybanthus… Continue reading Violaceae

Linum

Belongs within: Linaceae. Linum, the flaxes, is a genus of herbaceous plants found in warmer regions of the world, of which the common flax L. usitatissimum is widely grown as a source of fibre. Linum usitatissimum is an annual species bearing blue or white flowers with elongate stigmas (Hickman 1993). Characters (Hickman 1993): Annual or… Continue reading Linum