Mayapple   23-VII
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
eudicotyledons (True Dicots)
 
 
Mayapples (Podophyllum peltatum) are in the order Ranunculales.



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Magnoliophyta
  2. Classification of Magnoliophyta
  3. Basal Magnoliophyta
  4. magnoliids
  5. Liliopsida
  6. commelinids
  7. eudicotyledons
  8. core eudicotyledons
  9. asterids
  10. lamiids
  11. campanulids
  12. rosids
  13. fabids
  14. malvids

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This page contains the four orders of the stem eudicotyledons.


BUXALES 6, 10

As of 2023, 8 species of Buxales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 44 throughout the world.

  • FAMILY BUXACEAE
    • Boxwood (Buxus sinica) - 6 (MOBOT) NOAH
    • Spurges (Pachysandra)
      • Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) - introduced, 10, 6 (Woodland Garden at MOBOT) NOAH
      • Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens) - 10
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PROTEALES 7, 6

As of 2023, 65 species of Proteales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 1,530 throughout the world.

  • FAMILY NELUMBONACEAE
    • American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
      Prairie Garden Trust, Missouri - 8/21/2017 - iNat
      Japanese Garden at MOBOT - NOAH
    • Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) - 6 (MOBOT)
  • FAMILY PLATANACEAE
    • American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) - 6, 2 (Great Smoky Mountains NP)
    • Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa) - 7
  • FAMILY PROTEACEAE
    • Protea (Grevillea sp.) - Shoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT
  • FAMILY SABIACEAE
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RANUNCULALES 6, 3

As of 2023, 623 species of Ranunculales have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 2,369 throughout the world.

  • FAMILY BERBERIDACEAE
    • Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) - most iNat observations in the US for Ranunculales
      Perry Lake, Kansas - 4/23/2005
      NOAH
    • Barberries (Berberis) - 1 (Yellowstone, Wind River Range)
      • Creeping Barberry (Berberis repens) - 1 (Wind River Range)
  • FAMILY CIRCAEASTERACEAE
  • FAMILY EUPTELEACEAE
  • FAMILY FUMARIACEAE
  • FAMILY LARDIZABALACEAE
  • FAMILY MENISPERMACEAE
    • Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
  • FAMILY PAPAVERACEAE
    • Goldthread (Coptis trifolia) - 3 (Rich Lake in the Adirondacks)
    • Prickly Poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) - 5 (Agate Fossil Beds NM)
    • California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
    • Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)
    • Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) - 6 (English Woodlands at MOBOT) - NOAH
  • FAMILY RANUNCULACEAE
    • Clematis (Clematis)
      • Western Virgin's Bower (Clematis ligusticifolia) - Black Canyon, NM
    • Larkspurs (Delphinium)
    • Buttercups (Ranunculus)
      • Snow Buttercup (Ranunculus adoneus) - 6 (Alpine VC at RMNP)
      • Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria or Ficaria verna) - 6 (Woodland Garden at MOBOT) - NOAH
    • Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
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TROCHODENDRALES 6

As of 2023, 1 species of Trochodendrales has been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 2 throughout the world. No species are native to the US.

  • FAMILY TROCHODENDRACEAE
    • Cartwheel Tree (Trochodendron aralioides) - only species observed in iNaturalist in the US
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