Chapter 8 - Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds Flashcards
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Annuals
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Beinnials
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a
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Perennials
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a
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Dioecious plants
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- Each plant has its own sex
* Ex: persimmon, ginko, holly
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Monoecious plants
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- Has both sexes on the same plant but in different locations to increase chance of genetic diversity
- Ex: birch trees, oaks, corn, begonias
- Some plants’ sexes are ready at different times
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Peduncle
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stalk that holds the flower (like the petiole to a leaf)
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Pedicels
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a
8
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Receptacle
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area of flower attachment
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Sepal (calyx plural)
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- protection, when cover the flower bud
- functions for attraction (sometimes); can become colorful and look like petals
- ex: cover the bud, like leaves at top of strawberry or bottom of apple
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Calyx
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a
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Petal (corolla plural)
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- main function is attraction (color and scent)
* protection (shape that can hinder some insects and permit certain others)
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Stamens
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- male structure, in 2 parts: filament and anther
13
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Pistil
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- female structure, in 4 parts: stigma, style, ovary, ovules
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Anther
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produces and distributes pollen
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Pollen grains
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sperm
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Pistil
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a
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Stigma
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receptacle, receives pollen; sticky or wet, pubescent are possible attributes
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Style
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- connects the stigma to the ovary
- has to put the stigma in exactly the right place to be effective
- sperm travels through to the ovary
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Ovary
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- contains ovules
* becomes fruit
20
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Carpels
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a
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Superior
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a
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Inferior
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Ovules
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the eggs, which turn into seeds
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Seed
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a
25
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Inflorescences
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a
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Fruit
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a
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Exocarp
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a
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Endocarp
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a
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Mesocarp
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a
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Pericarp
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a
31
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Simple fleshy fruits
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