Plant Families.ppt

Plant FamiliesThings which are alike, in nature, grow to look alike. Nobody Moraceae Utricaceae Fabaceae Fagaceae Moraceae Moraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mulberry or fig family. It comprises 53 genera and 1500 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates. Included are well-known plants such as the fig, banyan, breadfruit, mulberry, and Osage-orange. Moraceae The Moraceae are monoecious or dioecious trees shrubs, lianas, or rarely herbs, nearly all with milky sap. The leaves are simple and alternate or rarely opposite. The stipules are small and lateral or sometimes they form a cap over the bud and leave a cylindrical scar. Moraceae The flowers are unisexual and minute, and are usually densely aggregated. These aggregations frequently take the form of pendulous aments or catkins. Usually, the perianth consists of 4 or 5 undifferentiated tepals, but sometimes fewer or no perianth segments are present. Moraceae A typical male flower has four stamens, one opposite each perianth segment. The female flowers have a bicarpellate pistil, generally with two styles, although one may be suppressed. The ovary is superior or inferior and contains a single pendulous ovule in a solitary locule. Fruit types include drupes and achenes that are often coalesced or otherwise aggregated into a multiple accessory fruit. Moraceae in Montana? There are no representatives of this family which are native to the state. Two genera of this family that have been observed growing here but planted as ornamentals are mulberry Morus spp. and Osage-orange Maclura pomifera . Osage-orange is marginally hardy in protected micro-climates in Montana. Morus albaFamily: Moraceae The ripe fruit is edible and can be used in pies, tarts, wines and cordials. Unripe fruit and green parts of the plant have a white sap that is intoxicating and mildly hallucinogenic. Morus spp.Family: Moraceae Leaves on mulb