BIOL 3204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Phyllotaxis, Peperomia, Lauraceae
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Diverse families of woody and herbaceous plants. Includes magnoliaceae considered as most basal angiosperm in cronquist system having many spirally arranged flower parts. Made up of piperales, winterales, laurales and magnoliales. Comprises of 6 families: annonaceae, degeneriaceae, eupomatiaceae, Type of tree with an apricot type fruit. This fruit produces seeds that are ground into nutmeg and the outside of the seed (leathery coding) produces mace. Another plant in southeast asia produces clove from the bud before it opens up. Largest family in the magnoliales, over 2150 species. Mainly tropical but can be found here. Economic importance includes annona species cultivated for their fruits (pawpaw). Single or in cyme flowers, perianth is triseriate (3, 3, 3) but it is a. Ovaries several usually apocarpous spirally arranged but rarely syncarpous in circules. Contains any of the magnolias and the tulip poplar. 1 pistil and simple, superior or inferior(first to have this), fruit usually berrylet. Cinnamon from the bark, defensive mechanism against herbivores.
