Family	Common Name	Distribution	Leaves	Habit	CA	CO	A	G	Ovary	Fruits	Placentation	Miscellaneous	Seed	Inflorescence
Winteraceae	Winter’s Bark	S. Am, Madagascar, Aus., New Guinea, SW Pacific	Alternate, leathery, entire, simple, no stipules	Trees and shrubs	2 to 6	4 to many, actinomorphic	15 to many, stemens undifferentiated	1 to many, apocarpous	Superior	Berrylike follicle	Marginal	Unfused carpels, vesseless wood, leaf venation not well-developed	Rudimentary embryo, abundant endosperm	Fasicles and cymes
Magnoliaceae	Magnolia	Temperate Old World and New World	Alternate, simple, stipules present	Trees and shrubs	3 (often not differentiated from CO)	6 to many, actinomorphic	Many, undifferentiated	Many, apocarpous, spirally arranged	Superior	Follicle, samara, aggregate	Marginal		Suspended by a funiculus	Solitary
Lauraceae	Laurel family	Tropics and subtropics	Usually alternate, simple, entire, without stipules	Trees and shrubs	3+3	Absent	3+3+3+3	Single simple pistil	Superior	Drupe or berry surrounded at base by cupule	Marginal		Large straight embryo, no endosperm	Axillary panicles, spikes, racemes or umbels
Nymphaeaceae	Water Lily Family	Cosmopolitan	Alternate, pinnately veined, peltate	Aquatic herb with large rhizomes	3 to many	3 to many, actinomorphic	Many	5 to many, fused at base	Inferior or superior	Spongy berry	Marginal	Flower parts numerous	With endosperm and perisperm	Axillary and solitary
Ranunculaceae	Buttercup or Crowfoot Family	Temperate regions of Old and New World	Alternate, palmately divided, no stipules	Annual or perennial herbs, few shrubs and vines	3 to many	5 to many, actinomorphic or zygomorphic	Many	3 to many, apocarpous	Superior	Follicle, achene, or berry	Marginal	Produces wide range of alkaloids	Minute embryo	Solitary, racemes, panicles, cymes
Papaveraceae	Poppy Family	Temperate and subtropical	Alternate, often much divided	Annual and perennial herbs	2 to 3	4 to many, actinomorphic	Many	2 to many, syncarpous	Superior	Capsule opening by valves or pores	Parietal	Milky sap	Many and small	Solitary