Class

Question 1

Definition: Class

Answer 1

Only 2 classes of Flowering plants

Does plants have one seed leaf or two seed leaves”

End w/ “-ear” or “-opsida”

Question 2

Monocotyledons /monocots

Answer 2

Vascular
Seed Producing
Flowering (“encased”)
One seed leaf

Parallel veins
Spreading rootstalks that grow
horizontaly just under the soil
surface
Floral parts usually in 3’s

*mono-cotyle-don-eae
“one-seed-leaf-class”

Question 3

Dicotyledons / dicots

Answer 3

Vascular
Seed Producing
Flowering (“encased”)
Two seed leaves

Net-veined leaves
Branching taproots- go straight down
Floral parts mostly in 4’s and 5’s

*di-cotyle-don-eae
“two-seed-leaf-class”

Question 4

Simple / Primative Flower

Answer 4

Usually have numerous separate parts (seals, petals, stamens, pistils)

Question 5

Complex / more advanced Flowers

Answer 5

Redused number of separate parts (sepals, petals, stemen, pistil), each part is often fused together

Question 6

Composite Flowers

Answer 6

Most evolved plants on earth.

Looks like one flower- but inside petals - are actually dozens to hundreds of tiny flowers.

Aster Family