UPD Bio 12 Angiosperm Families

MONOCOTS
Family	Shrubs, Herbs, or Trees?	Features	Leaf	Ovary	Flower				Fruit	Genus Example
					Solitary	Kind of Inflorescence	Symmetry	Bisexual (Perfect)?
Araceae (Arum Family)	Herbs [rhizomatous or tuberous]		Heart-shaped Broad	Superior		Spadix			Berry	Dieffenbachia, gabi
Arecaceae / Palmae (Palm Family)	Shrubs Trees		Palmate/Pinnate Large	Superior		Panicle Spadix	Regular		Berry	Coconut Nipa Anahaw
Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)	Herbs	With triangular, solid stems	Grass-like Three-ranked Closed sheath	Superior (rarely Inferior)		Spikelet: arranged in Spike Raceme Panicle, or Umbel			Achene Nut	Sedges
Musaceae (Banana Family)	Herbs	Appears to be tree-like	Very large Alternate phyllotaxy	Inferior		Fascicle	Irregular	Unisexual	Berry Capsule Schizocarp	Banana Abaca False bird-of-paradise
Orchidaceae (Orchid Family)	Herbs		Simple Alternate phyllotaxy (rarely Opposite)	Inferior	Some	Raceme Spike Panicle	Irregular (orchidaceous)	Bisexual	Capsule	Cattleya Dendrobium Vanda Orchids
Poaceae / Graminae (Grass Family)	Herbs (rarely woody shrubs or tree-like)	Round jointed stems with hollow internodes	Two-ranked Open sheath Simple Alternte Phyllotaxy	Superior		Spikelet: arranged in Spikes, Racemes, or Panicles	Irregular		Grain Caryopsis	Grasses Corn Rice Bamboo sugarcane

DICOTS
Family	Shrubs, Herbs, or Trees?	Features	Leaf	Ovary	Flower				Fruit	Genus Example
					Solitary	Kind of Inflorescence	Symmetry	Bisexual (Perfect)?
Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)		Plants with milky sap	Exstipulate Simple, Opposite or Whorled phyllotaxy	Superior (Inferior in kalachuchi)			Regular	Complete	Berry Capsule	Adelfa Kalachuchi Periwinkle Yellow bell
Asteraceae / Compositeae (Sunflower Family)	Herbs (usually), Shrubs (some), Trees (few)		Alternate (usually), Opposite (sometimes), Whorled (rarely)	Inferior		Head			Achene (cypsela)	Chrysanthemum Dahlia Sunflowers Daisy Mums Lettuce
Caesalpinaceae (Cassia Family)	Trees Shrubs Herbs		Stipulate Simple, Pinnately or Bipinnately compund, (rarely simple as in Alibangbang)	Superior	Rarely	Raceme Spike Corymb (rarely)	Irregular (Caesalpinaceous)	Bisexual	Legume Pod	Caballero Sampalok Alibangbang
Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Family)	Herbs	Tendril bearing		Inferior	Some	Cyme		Unisexual	Pepo	Ampalaya Cuucmber Melon Patola Upo Watermelon
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)	Herbs Shrubs Trees (small)		Stipulate Simple or Alternate phyllotaxy	Superior	Some	Raceme Spike Cyme (highly variable)	Regular	Unisexual	Capsule Drupe (sometimes)	Jatropha Acalypha San Francisco Poinsettia Cassava Castor Bean
Lamiaceae (Mint Family)	Herbs Shrubs	Aromatic Square stems	Exstipulate Simple or Opposite Phyllotaxy	Superior		Cyme	Iregular (Bilabiate)	Complete		Coleus Thyme Basil Mint Rosemary Sage
Malvaceae (Mallow Family)	Shrubs Herbs	Plants with mucilaginous sap	Stipulate Simple or Alternate phyllotaxy	Superior	Some	Cyme Raceme				Hibiscus Cotton
Mimosaceae (Mimosa Family)	Trees Shrubs Herbs (few)		Stipulate Bipinnate (mostly)	Superior		Head (Spike or Raceme)	Regular	Bisexual	Legume Pod	Makahiya Ipil-ipil Acacia
Papillionaceae (Pea or Bean Family)	Herbs Shrubs Trees		Stipulate Simple or Pinnately compund, Palmate or Trifoliate (usually Alternate)	Superior	Some	Raceme Head Spike	Irregular (Papilionaceous)	Bisexual	Legume Pod	Peanut Mongo Other beans
Rubiaceae (Coffee or Madder Family)	Herbs Shrubs Trees	Gamopetalous flower	Stipulate Simple, Opposite or Whorled phyllotaxy	Inferior		Cyme	Regular	Bisexual		Coffee Santan Doña Aurora Gardenia
Rutaceae (Citrus or Rue Family)	Shrubs Trees	With aromatic oil glands in the leaves		Superior	Some	Cyme Raceme			Hesperidium	Citrus
Solanaceae (Potato or Nightshade Family)	Herbs Shrubs Trees (rarely)	Gamopetalous flower	Simple or Alternate phyllotaxy [Pinnately compound in Tomato and Potato]	Superior	Some	Cyme	Regular	Bisexual	Berry Capsule	Capsicium Tomato Potato Tobacco Eggplant