exam 3 Flashcards
6 Sepals, 12 Petals, 6 stamens
Monocot
Anther + Filment
Stamen or male
male plant
dioecious
blue, yellow, white flowers (not red) with nectar guides and sweet nectar
BEE’S
Sepals, petals and stamens attached below ovary
inferior
haploid generation
gametophyte
occurs after nucleus divides into tube and generative nucleus
pollen wall development
1 sperm fertilizes egg, 1 sperm fertilizes fusion nuc
double fertilization
occurs after megaspore nucleus has 3 div–> 8 nuclei
fusion nucleus
endosperm
embryo
started with 10 chromosomes ended with 5
Meiosis
A long-lived plant that makes spores, diploid
sporophyte
Red and tubular flowers
bird
pollen grains transferred to stigma
pollination
Coconuts, peaches, cherries
Drupe
Apple, pear
Pome
capsules, legumes, follicles
dehiscent fruit
Pumpkins and gourds
pepo
ovary wall and any other associated tissue
Definition of Fruit
fruit of 1 flower with many pistils
Compound aggregate
Lemons and limes
hesperidium
Tomato, blueberries, banana
berries
3 parts of seed
seed coat, embryo, endosperm
cotyledons arise above ground
epigeal
scar on seed from pollen tube
microphyle