Angiosperms & Gymnosperms Flashcards
Monocots
seeds have one cotyledon
Dicots/Eudicots
seeds have two cotyledons
_______ have parallel venation in their leaves
Monocots
_______ have vascular bundles dispersed throughout the stem in concentric circles
Monocots
Monocots are ___-merous (floral parts in sets of)
3
Dicots are ___-merous (floral parts in sets of)
4 or 5
Major groups of monocots:
- Palms (Aceraceae)
- Orchids (orchidaceae)
- yams, sweet potatoes (dioscoreaceae)
- Lilies, onions, asparagus (liliaceae)
- Bananas (musaceae)
- All grasses (poaceae)
- Corn (maize)
- wheat
- rice
- all other cereal grains
_______ have netted venation in their leaves
Eudicots
_______ have vascular bundles in the stem arranged in a radial pattern, like spokes of a wheel
Eudicots
A term that refers to cultivated varieties of crops
Cultivars
When the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on the same plant
Self-pollination
Flowers that don’t open despite them being self-pollinated
Cleistogamous
The transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on a different individual of the same species
Cross-pollination
A mechanism that prevents self-fertilization in many flowering plant species (to increase genetic diversity at the population level)
Self-incompatibility
Self-incompatibility is controlled by the _______ locus.
S (sterility)
