Definitions Flashcards
Hydrophyte
Live in water partial/full submersion
Xerophyte
Salt tolerant plant
Thallophyte
Plant that lacks roots stems and leaves
Algae
Thallophytes with chlorophyll a, lack covering of cells around reproductive cells
Allochthonous input
Input from an external source/different ecosystem
Thylakoid
Flattened vesicles, pigments are found in its membrane
Stroma
Space between inner membrane and thylakoids
Granum(grana)
Stacks of thylakoids
Pyrenoid
Carbon concentration mechanism for CO2 fixation
Chlorophyll
Green pigments
Carotenoids
Brown/Yellow/Red pigments
Phycobilins
Red/Blue pigments
P-E curve
Rate of photosynthesis over increasing light intensity
Plastid
Photosynthetic organelle
Chloroplast
Photosynthetic organelle with Chl a and b
Spore
Unicellular product of mt/me, must settle and grow
Gamete
Unicellular product of mt/me, must fuse or die
Sporophyte
Releases spores, diploid 2N
Gametophyte
Releases gametes, haploid 1N
Mitospore
2N spore from mitosis
Meiospore
1N spore from meiosis
Haplontic
1n thallus, only diploid stage is in zygote
Diplontic
2N thallus, only haploid stage is gametes “animal like”
Alteration of generations
Org. has separate multicellular diploid and haploid stages
Diplohaplontic
A heteromorphic form of alt. of gen. where the 2n sporophyte is larger
Haplodiplontic
A heteromorphic form of alt. of gen. where the 1N gametophyte is larger
Isomorphic
A form of alt. of gen. where the 1N and 2N thallus are the same size
Unicell
Solitary cell, non/motile
Colony
Assemblage of individual cells, can be predictable/variable #, flagellated or non-motile
Filamentous, uniseriate or multi-
Daughter cells stay attached following division, form chain
Uni- cells occur in single row
Multi- several rows in a long. series, occur in one or two planes
Siphononous
One large multi-nuclear cell without crosswalls
Dead mans fingers (Codium)
Medulla
Unpigmented cells
Cortex
Pigmented cells