3.5: Flowers Flashcards
Flower symmetry
- an assessment of the presence/number of mirror-image planes
- can be an important adaptation relative to pollination system
radial symmetry
3 or more planes of symmetry
actinomorphic
bilateral symmetry; monosymmetric/irregular
only one plane of symmetry
zygomorphic
lacks any plane of symmetry
twisting of parts
asymmetric
where does it increase in cell divisions during floral development?
has determinate growth
floral apical meristem
stamens can be attacked to the following…
receptacle, corolla, staminal disk
stamen types
filamentous, laminar, staminode
stamen type- flattened structure with two thecae on the adaxial surface
laminar stamens
stamen type- filament + anther
filamentous stamens
stamen type- non fertile stamen
staminode
stamen arrangement- w stamens arranged in a spiral
spiral
stamen arrangement- w stamens in one or more discrete whorls or series
whorled
w stamens in two unequal pairs
didynamous
w stamens in two groups of four long and two short
tetradynamous
w stamens in two equal pairs
didymous
stamen verticil- single whorl of stamens
uniseriate
stamen verticil- two whorls of stamens
biseriate
stamen attachment- filament present
filamentous
stament attachment- filament absent
sessile
stamen attachment- filament very short and rudimentary
subsessile
stamen insertion- w stamens protruding beyond the perianth
exserted
stamen insertion- w stamens included w/in the perianth
inserted
unfused to one another
distinct
fused to one another
connate
unfused to a different structure
free
fused to a different structure
adnate
totality of the female reproductive parts
gynoecium
unit of gynoecium; a modified, typically conduplicate megasporophyll enclosing one or more ovules
carpel
collection of carpels fused (or not) together; composed of ovary, style, stigma
pistil
ovary part: where ovules are produced
placenta
ovary part: precursor of seed
ovules
ovary part: attaches the ovule to the ovary wall
funiculus