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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Monocot

A

floral organs in multiples of 3, fibrous roots, leaf veins usually parallel

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Eudicot

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floral organis in multiples of 4 or 5, taproot, pollen grain with 3 openings, leaf veins netlike

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3
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Alternation of generations

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goes through both haploid and diploid generations, diploid sporophyte generation is dominant

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4
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Megaphylls

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true leaves

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5
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Microphylls

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leaf-like structure

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6
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Sporangia

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structure that holds the spores

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Eusporangiate

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sporangia develops from a cluster of cells

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Leptosporangiate

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sporangia develops from a single initiator cell

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9
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Heterosporous

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spores that develop into male and female gametophytes

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10
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Homosporous

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spore that comes from anatomically identical sporangia

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11
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1st Whorl

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Sepals

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12
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Sepals

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aka calyx, green leaf-life and have similar appearance to petals

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13
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2nd whorl

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petals

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14
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Petals

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corolla

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15
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3rd whorl

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stamens

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16
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Stamens

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made of the filament and anther

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17
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Filament

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slender stalk of the stamen

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18
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Anther

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at the end of the filament and produces pollen, in a stamen

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19
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Androecium

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house of man, what the stamens are called

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20
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4th whorl

A

carpel

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21
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Carpel

A

female reproductive part in a flower

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22
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Simple pistil

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if a single carpel is present

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23
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Compound pistil

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if multiple carpels are present

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24
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Pistil

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divided into the stigma, style, ovary

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25
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Gynoecium

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house of woman

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26
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Complete flower

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it has all the parts

27
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Incomplete flower

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lacking in one or more of the parts

28
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Imperfect flower

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if it lacks stamens or carpels

29
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Perfect flower

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has both stamens and carpels

30
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Pistillate

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only carpels (female)

31
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Staminate

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only stamens (male)

32
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Inflorescence

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the arrangement of flowers on a main axis, clustered group of flowers

33
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Monophyletic

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a group that includes a common ancestor

34
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Apomorphy

A

derived trait that is unique to a particular group

35
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Plesiomorphy

A

ancestrial characteristic

36
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Hierarchical rankings

A

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family

37
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Biological species concept

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2 individuals can produce a viable offspring, for animals

38
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Morphological species concept

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identifying species through appearances, for plants

39
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Holotype

A

the plant on a paper in an herbaria, the original plant that was collected and identified as that species

40
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Isotype

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additional copies of the holotype

41
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Lectotype

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a replacement holotype

42
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Syntype

A

a plant collected by someone else

43
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Paratype

A

a mention someone else collected a specimen that was similar and would become a lectotype

44
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Neotype

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a new specimen found to become the holotype, brand new plant

45
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Character states

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a specific characteristic or trait of a plant that can be used to describe, identify, classify the plant species

46
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Primitive plant character

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non-vascular tissues, haploid dominant, wind pollination

47
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Derived plant character

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vascular tissue, flowers, seed production

48
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Convergent evolution

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unrelated organisms independentl evolve similar traits

49
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Dioecious

A

staminate and pistillate flowers grow on separate plants

50
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Monoecious

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staminate and pistillate flowers grow on the same plant

51
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Radial symmetry

A

central axis with multiple planes of symmetry

52
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Bilateral symmetry

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only one plane of symmetry

53
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Ca

A

calyx (sepals)

54
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Co

A

corolla, petals

55
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A

A

androecium, stamens

56
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G

A

gynoecium, carpels

57
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What part of a plant produces the fruit?

A

ovary

58
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Where do the seeds come from?

A

ovules

59
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What about seedless fruit?

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hybrid plants in which the ovules never develop into seeds

60
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Dehiscent

A

dry fruits that split open to release seeds

61
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Indehiscent

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dry fruits that do not split open to release seeds

62
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Aggregate fruits

A

many individual carpels in a single flower become the fruit

63
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Multiple fruits

A

the carpels of many separate flowers enlarge and form the fruit

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