Angiosperms

Deadly Nightshade

Atropa belladonna
Scale 7 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

2 POINTS

FACT: The drug ATROPINE is isolated from A. belladonna.

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Graphic by Julia K. Kreutzjuliakreutz.com/
Photo by Kurt Stübercommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atropa_bella-donna1.jpg
Atropa belladonna or Atropa bella-donna, commonly known asbelladonna or deadly nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Solanaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and some parts of Canada and the United States. The foliage and berries are extremely toxic, containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include scopolamine and hyoscyamine, which cause a […] read more

Cape Sundew

Drosera capensis
Scale 6 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

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Play: The Cape Sundew is carnivorous, but can also use photosynthesis. Therefore it can be played as a YELLOW FOOD 1 and/or RED FOOD CHAIN 3.
Fact: The Cape sundew has long, thin leaves that roll up around trapped insects.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by Barry Ricecalphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=187357&one=T
Drosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew, is a small rosette-forming carnivorous species ofperennial[1] sundew native to the Cape in South Africa. Because of its size, easy to grow nature, and the copious amounts of seed it produces, it has become one of the most common sundews in cultivation.D. capensis produces strap-like leaves, up to […] read more

Scalesia pedunculata

Scalesia pedunculata
Scale 9 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

3 POINTS

Fact: Darwin first collected specimens of this species from Santiago Island in October 1835 on the voyage of the Beagle, and it was later named by his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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Graphic by Rachel Ignotofskywww.rachelignotofskydesign.com/
Photo by Haplochromiscommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scalesia_pedunculata.jpg
Scalesia pedunculata Hook.f. is a member of the Daisy family or Asteraceae, growing to a slender tree (20m tall,DBH 20cm), and found in dense stands on the humid windward coasts of the islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal,Santiago and Floreana in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos archipelago lies in the southeast trade wind zone, so […] read more

Satureja darwinii

Clinopodium darwinii
Scale 6 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

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Fact: Darwin writes: “Very sweet smelling, plant; with a rather biting aromatic taste; used for making tea by the seamen.”

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Graphic by Robert Ballwww.robertmball.com/
Clinopodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. It is in the tribe Mentheae of the subfamilyNepetoideae, but little else can be said with certainty about its phylogenetic position. The genus name Clinopodium is derived from the Latin clinopodion or the Greek klinopodion. These were names forClinopodium vulgare. The Greek klino means […] read more

Geonoma schottiana

Arecaceae geonoma schottiana
Scale 8 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Monocots

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FACT: Specimens of this plant were collected by Darwin at Bahia (Salvador) in March 1832.

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Graphic by Golly Bardgollybard.blogspot.ca/
Geonoma is a genus of small to medium-sized palms native to the forest understorey of tropical Central and South America. This palm genus is one of the largest in the Neotropics.[1] Its 64 species are distributed from Mexico andHaiti in the north to Paraguay in the south; two are found in the insular Caribbean.[2] The […] read more

Oxeye Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare
Scale 7 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

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Fact: The Oxeye Daisy is considered an invasive species in many parts of the world. It is difficult to control or eradicate, since a new plant can regenerate from rhizome fragments.

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Graphic by Mentz and Ostenfeld (1917-27)
Leucanthemum vulgare, the ox-eye daisy[2] or oxeye daisy,[3] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of a number of Asteraceae family plants to be called a “daisy”, and has the vernacular names common daisy, […] read more