Botany Flashcards
It is a small stalk bearing an individual flower in an inflorescence
Pedicel
In the female part of the plant, the sticky tip where pollen grains land is called
Stigma
After fertilization, this part of the plant eventually becomes the fruit
Ovary
It is the first structure that develops from the embryo during germination
Radicle
The part of the plant that houses the ovules or eggs is called
Ovary
What term is used to describe a plant that has male and female gametophytes on separate plants?
Dioecious
A flower cluster in which stalks of nearly equal length spring from a common centre and form a flat or curved surface is called
Umbel
Monocot flowers generally tend to have a number of petals that is divisible by
3
It is a term used to describe the process of the transfer of pollen from one individual plant to another, whereby the pollen is carried by insects
Entomophily
When the ovary is placed above the rest of the floral segments , where the ovary is free from the hypanthium
Superior/ Hypogynous
The edible fleshy part of the mango is called
Mesocarp
The seed coat is formed from
Integuments
When flowers receive pollen from another plant of the same species
Cross-pollination
What is the method of dehiscence of Iris sp?
Loculicidal
It is the stalk by which an ovule or seed is connected to the placenta in the ovary
Funnicle
How do blackberry seeds most likely spread to a new location
Being digested by animals
All of the following are not nuts except
Walnut
All of the following are characteristics of wind-pollinated flowers except
Stigma is foud inside the flower
All are dicotyledonous seeds except
Rice
In chronological order, the processes are
Germination, Pollination, Fertilization, Seed Dispersal
It is a transfer of pollen from one place to another
Pollination
What is the leaf-like structure that protects the budding flower called?
Sepal
Flat-topped inflorescence in which the central flowers open first, followed by the peripheral flower
Cyme/ Cymose
These seeds have food stored that remains persistent until maturity
Albuminous/ Endospermic
These are fruits derived from the multiple ovaries of a single flower
Aggregate
It is the tissue that surrounds and nourishes the embryo in the seeds of angiosperm
Endosperm
The process of fusion of one male gamete with an egg and that of another male gamete with a secondary nucleus is called
Double Fertilization
Vesicular juice
Pulp sac
It is a part of the flower of an orchid that attracts insects
Lip/Labellum
It is the category of inflorescence where the youngest flowers are at the top
Indeterminate Inflorescence
It is the type of inflorescence of Acalypha hispida
Catkin
The ovary wall gives rise to
Pericarp
What form of developmental fusion of organs does morning glory possess?
Connation
It is a spongy, whitish wart-like outgrowth of the outer seed coat surrounding the micropyle of the castor bean.
Caruncle
The two specialized eggs that lies adjacent to the egg cell
Synergid Cells
All of the following are used in fruit classification except
Nature of seed coat and its layers
Acts as the nutritive tissue for the developing embryo
Nucellus
A fruit is considered a true fruit if all of its floral whorls develop into a fruit
False
All are simple dry dehiscent except
Samara
What type of placentation does kundol or winter melon have?
Parietal- the placentae are found on the wall of a compound ovary
