Spring 2019 Plant ID Second Session

                 a.     Review

                                                    i.     Flower Terms

                                                   ii.     Inflorescence Terms

b.      Leaves

                                                    i.     Leaf Arrangement

1.      Alternate vs. Opposite

2.      Basal

3.      Equitant

4.      Simple

5.      Compound leaves (Ferns have different terminology)

a.      Odd vs. Even Pinnate

b.      Bi and Tri Pinnate leaves.

c.      Ternate and Biternate

d.      Petiole vs. Rachis

                                                   ii.     Leaf Attachment

                                                  iii.     Petiole

                                                  iv.     Stipules

                                                   v.     Leaf Shapes

                                                  vi.     Palmate vs. Lobed

                                                vii.     Pinnate vs. Palmate

                                               viii.     Leaf Margins

                                                  ix.     Venation

c.      Leaf Margins

d.      Families

                                                    i.     Asphodelaceae (was removed from the Asparagaceae recently) Aloe family

                                                   ii.     Liliaceae  Lily family

                                                  iii.     Poaceae Grass family

                                                  iv.     Juncaceae Rush family

                                                   v.     Restionaceae, Restio family

                                                  vi.     Amaryllidaceae Onion family

                                                vii.     Cyperaceae Sedge family