Plant Identification

Plant ID exercise starts with determining whether or not the Magnoliopsida you are IDing is in the Moraceae family (flowers arranged on an invaginated floral axis), the Euphorbiaceae family (flowers unisexual, male flowers arranged around a solitary female flower), the Casuarinaceae family (stems green, jointed, ridged; leaves reduced to a whorl of scale-like teeth at each joint) , or another family. All plants offered in class were shrubs flowering mid-April (autumn). (A and C are abitrary and so not align with the letters from your class). Link to Flora of Sydney Region.

Unknown A

Floral sprigs. Note the oil dots in the leaves.

Flower symmetry. This flower is regular as there is more than one plane of symmety.

Calyx. Calyx is the collective term for sepals. The calyx (K) is the outermost whorl.

Corolla. Corolla (C) is the collective term for petals. Here the petals are showy.

The andrecium (A) is made up of stamens and these surround the gynecium.

These stamens are free.

The gynecium (G) is in the centre of the flower. This is the image of the stigma.

Gynecium. The ovary appears to have 5 parts and these have been outlined. A TS is required to confirm if there are 5 locules.

Gynecium. The ovary appears to have 5 parts and these have been outlined. A TS is required to confirm if there are 5 locules.

LS of flower showing that the ovary is superior and the insertion of the single style into the ovary.

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Unknown C

Anther arrangement.

Flower arrangement on stem.

Leaf arrangement, punget points

Petal twisted in bud.

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