Botany Quiz: which plants belong to the same family?

Seems I am the first one to vote. Also the first one to get the answer wrong. ^_^

Finally! I was bound to guess one right eventually. Statistics were in my favor. I've only been at it for a decade. :-)

Hmmm, I voted none of the above…Then I see this at the bottom of the poll…
Previous Polls---Milkweed and Plumeria belong to the same...
Is the Asclepiadaceae family part of, or the same as the Apocynaceae family?

Ha! I got this one right...having raised both plants.

Thank you Resin…I was hoping to hear/see some clarification there…Guess I need to do some updating of book/research material! :-) I'm almost afraid to ask when this was done…LOL! Looking at my library, it could have been quite a while ago! :-o

Hi Tim,

In 2000: Endress, M. E. & Bruyns, P. V. (2000). A revised classification of the Apocynaceae s.l. Botanical Review 66: 1-56.

Resin

Hahahaha…Now you're REALLY putting an age to my books!!! Thanks!
Time to retire the old and refresh the shelves!

wrong again...bah humbug!

I see somebody found another molecule. When they find still another one, they'll change it again.

(It actually crossed my mind. I thought, "No, they wouldn't dare". They dared...)

Geez…I'm glad I'm not alone!!!

cannas and Lilies fooled me...or I WOULD have picked right
Really !
I would have !!

I actually guessed correctly by 1st eliminating any that seemed at all similar whether in appearance or common name. That took cannas & lilies off the list right away since people commonly refer to cannas as canna lilies. I figured the ones that seemed similar or connected in some obvious way would be too easy and thus a trick. I should note, however, that this same line of reasoning has worked against me in past polls.

I was correct, but only because I cheated and googled it before voting. I really didn't have a clue.

my first instinct was right because of milky sap and had i not gone against my better judgement, i would have had it right. i won't disclose the reasoning behind why i picked apples.....i should know better......sigh.

i actually came back to edit my post and tell the tale but resin beat me so i will confess here now that i thought both were in the Rosaceae family. alas, the Pomegranate is not in the Rosaceae family.

funny how such a brilliant group of people could have mostly guessed wrong...chuckle

I can only say that I was totally unfamiliar with Plumeria and just guessed. I knew the others didn't match. My ignorance was showing this time.

I got it right because a leaf fell off a plumeria seedling I received at a round up this year and the plant bled a milky white substance like a milkweed.

I didn't even look at the other options.

always happy to oblige.....

Based on the reasoning AmandaESQ gave, I should have known the answer, as my plumies do the same thing, but they look so different from milkweed, that I thought there was no way that could be the answer.

I *still* don't believe they merged the Asclepiadaceae with the Apocynaceae! Dr. Bailey must bd turning over in his grave! Give me Liberty, or Hyde!

A friend sent some 'Summer poinsettia' today, which bled white milky sap. No relation, I don't think! But now Will have to check. As I was stripping stems to root cuttings I thought of this thread. :)

From reading all the Butterfly threads .. I knew this one ,, About 2 out of ten is where I am now?lol

summer poinsettia sounds like a Euphorbia

It is Sally.