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Lamiaceae, asteraceae, moraceae and apocynaceae
- 1. Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Moraceae and Apocynaceae Romeo M. Tubongbanua, Jr,
- 2. Family Lamiaceae Kingdom: Plantae Division: Tracheophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales
- 3. Family Lamiaceae (LAY-mee-AY-see-e(y)e) Labiatae - refers to the flowers typically have petals fused into an upper lip and a lower lip (labia in Latin) Commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family. 236 genera with 6,900 to 7,200 species World Checklist lists 7,534. Salvia (900), Scutellaria (360), Stachys (300), Plectranthus (300) Closely related to the Verbenaceae Cosmopolitan distribution
- 4. Family Lamiaceae Distribution Cosmopolitan distribution
- 5. Flowers are bilaterally symmetrical with five united petals and five united sepals. Usually bisexual and verticillastrate (a flower cluster that looks like a whorl of flowers, but actually consists of two crowded clusters). Leaves emerge oppositely, each pair at right angles to the previous one (decussate) or whorled. Stems are frequently square in cross section, but this is not found in all members of the family, and is sometimes found in other plant families. Family Lamiaceae
- 6. Economic Importance - widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, and perilla, as well as other medicinal herbs such as catnip, salvia, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort. Family Lamiaceae
- 8. Achyrospermum Ajuga Anisomeles Basilicum Callicarpa Cantinoa Clerodendrum Clinopodium Coleus Cymaria Gmelina Gomphostemma Holmskioldia Hyptis Isodon Family Lamiaceae Leonurus Leucas Mentha Mesosphaerum Mosla Ocimum Orthosiphon Paraphlomis Petraeovitex Platostoma Pogostemon Premna Salvia Scutellaria Symphorema Tectona Teijsmanniodend ron Teucrium Thymus Vitex Volkameria
- 11. Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family Asteraceae
- 12. Family Asteraceae Compositae Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family Annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous plants, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees. Primary common characteristic is the existence of sometimes hundreds of tiny individual florets which are held together by protective involucres in flower heads, or more technically, capitula. 1,900 genera with over 32,000 known
- 13. Distribution Widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions Family Asteraceae
- 14. Economic Importance - providing products such as cooking oils, leaf vegetables like lettuce, sunflower seeds, artichokes, sweetening agents, coffee substitutes and herbal teas. Several genera are of horticultural importance, including pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), Echinacea (coneflowers), various daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, and heleniums. - Important in herbal medicine, including Grindelia, yarrow, and many others. Family Asteraceae
- 16. Acanthospermu m Acmella Adenostemma Ageratina Ageratum Ainsliaea Anaphalis Anisopappus Artemisia Aster Ayapana Bidens Blumea Carpesium Carthamus Centipeda Centratherum Chromolaena Chrysanthemum Cirsium Cosmos Crassocephalu m Crepidiastrum Crossostephium Cyanthilium Decaneuropsis Dichrocephala Eclipta Elephantopus Emilia Enydra Erechtites Erigeron Eschenbachia Ethulia Euchiton Eupatorium Fenixia Galinsoga Glebionis Glossocardia Grangea Gynura Helianthus Ixeridium Family Asteraceae
- 17. Lactuca Lagenophora Laggera Laphangium Lipoblepharis Melampodium Microglossa Mikania Myriactis Pluchea Pseudelephanto pus Pseudognaphali um Pterocaulon Senecio Solidago Sonchus Sphaeranthus Sphaeromorpha ea Sphagneticola Strobocalyx Struchium Synedrella Tagetes Taraxacum Tithonia Tridax Vernonia Wollastonia Xanthium Xerochrysum Youngia Zinnia Family Asteraceae
- 21. Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family Moraceae
- 22. Family Moraceae Often called the mulberry family or fig family presence of laticifers and milky sap in all parenchymatous tissues, two carpels sometimes with one reduced, compound inconspicuous flowers, and compound fruits. 'flowers' of are often pseudanthia 38 genera and over 1100 species
- 23. Distribution Tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however, cosmopolitan overall. Family Moraceae
- 24. Family Moraceae Economic Importance - Paper mulberry, (Broussonetia papyrifera) the inner bark yields a fibre used for papermaking and in Polynesia for the manufacture of a coarse fabric called tapa cloth - The weeping fig, (Ficus benjamina), can be grown in pots into a small attractive tree with willowy branches and leaves. - The sap of the Indian rubber plant, (Ficus elastica), was once used to manufacture rubber. - Ficus carica can be eaten fresh or dried or used as jam. - Morus nigra is mainly cultivated for its edible fruits and are the only food source
- 26. Antiaris Artocarpus Broussonetia Fatoua Ficus Maclura Malaisia Morus Parartocarpus Sloetia Streblus Trophis Family Moraceae
- 32. Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Gentianales Family Apocynaceae
- 33. Family Apocynaceae from Apocynum, Greek for "dog-away“ commonly known as the dogbane family because some taxa were used as dog poison have milky latex, and many species are poisonous if ingested contains 348 genera comprising some 5,100 species
- 34. Distribution European, Asian, African, Australian, and American tropics or subtropics Family Apocynaceae
- 35. Family Apocynaceae Economic Importance - pharmacologic tool compounds and drug research candidates - contains the alkaloid reserpine, which has been used as an antihypertensive and an antipsychotic drug but its adverse effects limit its clinical use. - Catharanthus roseus yields alkaloids used in the treatment of cancer. - milky juice of the Namibian Pachypodium used as poison for arrow tips - Ornamentals as Hoya and Dischidia
- 37. Allamanda Alstonia Alyxia Amphineurion Anodendron Asclepias Calotropis Carissa Carruthersia Cascabela Catharanthus Cerbera Ceropegia Chilocarpus Chonemorpha Cosmostigma Cynanchum Dischidia Finlaysonia Genianthus Gomphocarpus Gymnanthera Gymnema Heterostemma Hoya Ichnocarpus Kibatalia Kopsia Lepiniopsis Marsdenia Melodinus Micrechites Ochrosia Parsonsia Rauvolfia Sarcolobus Secamone Streptocaulon Strophanthus Tabernaemontana Telosma Toxocarpus Trachelospermum Urceola Vincetoxicum Voacanga Willughbeia Wrightia Family Apocynaceae