Angiosperms 1 Flashcards
Carpel contains
Ovules
Ovules develop into…
Seeds
Flowers are..
determinate shoots
shoots only grow…
certain extent
Sporangium bearing leaves are?
Sporophylls
What is the definitive structure of a flower?
Carpel
What is the carpel known as?
a vessel
What does the carpel eventually develop into?
Fruit wall
Flowers are clustered into aggregations called?
Inflorescences
What is the stalk of an inflorescence called?
Peduncle
What is the stalk of an individual flower within an inflorescence is called a..
pedicel
Angiosperms phylum is…
Anthophyta
What type of plants are angiosperms?
flowering plants (majority)
What are the 2 distinct classes of Angiosperms
Moncotlyedoneae (monocots) & Eudicotyledonae (eudicots)
Monocot seedlings have how many cotyledons?
One
What is the largest family in group by species in monocots
Orchids
Eudicot seedlings have how many cotyledons?
Two
Pollen grains have 3 apertures/openings known as
Triaperturate pollen vs. Uniaperturate pollen
Some angiosperms are
parasitic or myco-heterotrophic
What are the absorptive organs that parasitic plants have
haustoria
What do haustoria do?
penetrate host tissue
Myco-heterotrophic plans lack…?
chlorophyll & do not photosynthesize
Angiosperm have obligate relationships with?
mycorrhizal fungi associated with a 2nd plant
A part of the stalk that the flower parts are attached to is called?
Receptable