Title Plant Taxonomy plant family report

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Title(Plant Taxonomy plant family report)

• First last name
• Green Lake School District

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Classification

• Kingdom, Division, Class Order, Family
• Explain origin of the family
• To help support your discussion, include where
  appropriate
• Charts
• Graphs
• Illustrations
• Maps
• Tables

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Summary of Taxa

• Prepare a table that compares the number of
  genera and species known worldwide, in Wisconsin
  and from Green Lake County

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Family Name
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Evolution

• Evolutionary history
• Discuss when the plant family first appears in
  the fossil record
• Is it an older or younger plant family?
• Use cladograms to show related families

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Floral Arrangement

• Regular versus irregular flowers, number of
  sepals, petals, stamens, pistils
• Prepare labeled illustrations
• Show specific flower images that demonstrate
  floral arrangement

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Range Habitat

• What is the distribution range of the family?
• Briefly discuss the geographic regions in which
  representative plants occur.
• Cite specific examples of habitats occupied by
  representative species
• E.g. Indian grass (Poaceae), Sorghastrum nutans,
  is native to tallgrass prairie.

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Human Uses

• Cite several examples of how humans use various
  plants from the family
• Medicines?
• Foods?
• Dyes?
• Clothing?
• Industrial applications?
• Landscape restoration?
• Ornamentals?
• Other?

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References
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