BRASSICACEAE Flashcards
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also known as
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crucifers, cabbage family, mustard family
2
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inflorescence?
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racemose
3
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leaves?
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alternate, exstipulate, with sheathing leaf base
4
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flower
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ebracteate,bisexual, actinomorphic, hypogynous, tetramerous,
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calyx?
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4, polysepalous, arranged in two whorls of two each
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corolla?
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4, polypetalous, cruciform,valvate
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stamens?
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6 stamens, polyandrous, arranged in two whorls - 2 on the outside and 4 on the inside
8
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gynoecium
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bi-carpellary, syncarpous, superior ovary with parietal placentation
9
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fruit
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siliqua
10
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a model organism from this family?
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Arabidopsis thaliana
11
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false septum present is
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replum
12
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yellow mustard
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brassica campestris
13
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white mustard
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brassica alba
14
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black mustard
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brassica nigra
15
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indian mustard
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brassica juncea