Resources for Teaching About Plant Families
Acanthaceae (chuparosa, carlowrightii family)
Acanthaceae (1.9 MB; pdf)
Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
Milkweed description (622 KB; pdf)
Asteraceae (sunflower family)
Asteraceae Part 1 (2013) (16.7 MB; ppt)
Asteraceae Part 2 (2013) (19.5 MB; ppt)
Asteraceae Part 3 (2013) (12.1 MB; ppt)
Boraginaceae (phacelia family)
Boraginaceae (Hendrickson) (16.8 MB; ppt)
Dichotomous Key to the Species of Cryptantha (168 KB; pdf)
Brassicaceae (mustard family)
Brassicaceae Capparaceae 2011 (5.7 MB; ppt)
Brassicaceae 2019 (9.4 MB; ppt)
Brassica vegetables (417 KB; pdf)
Cactacee (cactus family)
Cactaceae 2013 Part 1 (Slides 1-33) (11.4 MB; ppt)
Cactaceae 2013 Part 2 (Slides 33-65) (13.3 MB; ppt)
Mammilaria sp. (jpg)
Cacti in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park®, Jon Rebman (48 KB; pdf)
Key to Cactaceae of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® (46 KB; pdf()
Cactaceae notes (22 KB; pdf)
Capparaceae (caper family)
Cucurbitaceae (gourd-melon family)
Cucurbitaceae Family (36 KB; pdf)
Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
Euphorbiaceae (14.3 MB; ppt)
Fabaceae (pea family)
Fabaceae 2013 (19.4 MB; ppt)
Fabaceae PowerPoint Notes (71 KB; pdf)
Geraniaceae (geranium-filaree family)
Geraniaceae Filaree (2.2 MB; pdf)
Lamiaceae (mint family)
Lamiaceae 2013 (11 MB; ppt)
Loasaceae (blazing star family)
Lossaceae 2011 (8.9 MB; ppt)
Loasa trichomes electron scan (20 KB; jpg)
Loasa trichomes (28 KB; jpg)
Malvaceae (mallow family)
Malvaceae 2013 Part 1 (Slides 1-23) (17.8 MB; ppt)
Malvaceae 2013 Part 2 (Slides 23-46) (13.8 MB; ppt)
Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
Onagraceae 2013 (16.7 MB; ppt)
Onagraceeae (1.2 MB: png)
Poaceae (grass family)
Poaceae 2011 (20.5 MB; ppt)
Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
Polemoniaceae 2013 (14.8 MB; ppt)
Polemoniaceae: Plants of the Phlox Family (77 KB; pdf)
Solanaceae (nightshade-tomato family)
Solanaceae (1.1 MB; ppt)
Zygophyllaceae (caltrop-creosote family)
Creosote Bush Plant Bugs in the Sonoran Desert (266 KB; pdf)
Other Resources
Plant Family Key Characteristics (134 KB; pdf)
Plant Families and Their Genera (ABDSP) (109 KB; pdf)