Chapter Nine Flashcards
Kingdom Plantae
A kingdom of autotrophic organisms with cellulose cell walls
Phylum Chlorophyta
A phylum of kingdom plantae containing water plants with no vascular system, commonly known as green algae
Pyrenoid
A storage area for starch in algae
Lichen
Algae and fungi growing together in a mutualistic relationship
Phylum Bryophyta
A phylum of kingdom plantae containing land plants with no vascular system
Vascular System
The system used to transport food and liquids throughout a plant
Phylum Tracheophyta
A phylum of kingdom plantae containing plants with a vascular system
Class Filicinea
A class of phylum treacheophyta
Frond
The fan-like leaf of a fern
Sorus
A cluster of sporangia in the underside of fern fronds (plural = sori)
Sporangia
Structures in which spores are made
Rhizome
An underground horizontal steam that can produce a new plant
Class Gymnospermae
A class of phylum tracheophyta containing plants with seeds not inside a fruit (naked seeds)
Conifer
“Cone bearer”; any plant that has cones
Class Angiospermae
A class of phylum tracheophyta containing plants with seeds inside a fruit; the flowering plants
