Plant Taxonomy

1. The family Magnoliaceae represents an ancient group of angiosperms. What characteristics of this family are primitive? 2. The families Lamiaceae and Scrophulariaceae have several characteristics in common. How are these families similar and how do they differ?

Plant Taxonomy

3. Describe the unique configuration of the inflorescence and flowers in the family Asteraceae. 4. How are the families Cyperaceae and Poaceae similar and how do they differ?

Angiosperms use several mechanisms to achieve polliniation, some of them very strange

Name a flowering plant (angiosperm) that is unusual and has a different way of functioning. How is it different?