Cactus   23-V
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
eudicotyledons (True Dicots)
 
 
Cacti, like this prickly pear, are in the order Caryophyllales.



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Magnoliophyta
  2. Classification of Magnoliophyta
  3. Basal Lineages
  4. Liliopsida
  5. Eudicots
  6. Asteridae
  7. Rosidae

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NELUMBONACEAE (Lotus Family)  

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PLATANACEAE (plane-tree family)  

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  • Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) - Great Smoky Mountains NP
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PROTEACEAE (protea family)  

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  • Protea (Grevillea sp.) - Shoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT
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RANUNCULALES  

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SANTALALES  

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  • American Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) - Great Smoky Mountains NP
  • Oil Nut (Pyrularia pubera) - Great Smoky Mountains NP
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SAXIFRAGALES  

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CARYOPHYLLALES  

Families: Achatocarpaceae, Aizoaceae (iceplant family), Amaranthaceae (amaranth family), Ancistrocladaceae, Asteropeiaceae, Basellaceae, Cactaceae (cactus family), Caryophyllaceae (pink family), Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), Didiereaceae, Dioncophyllaceae, Droseraceae (sundew family), Frankeniaceae, Molluginaceae (carpet-weed family), Nepenthaceae, Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock family), Physenaceae, Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family), Plumbaginaceae (leadwort family), Polygonaceae (buckwheat family), Portulacaceae (purslane family), Rhabdodendraceae, Sarcobataceae, Simmondsiaceae, Tamaricaceae (tamarix family)

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eudicotyledons incertae sedis  

Families: Buxaceae (boxwood family), Didymelaceae, Sabiaceae, Trochodendraceae

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