Flower Flashcards
- Functions primarily for reproduction
- It contains a plant’s reproductive organs
Flower
Some plants have only male sex organs while others contain only female sex organs. (True or False)
True
Essential part of a flower can be considered in to two
Vegetative and Reproductive
Consisting of petals and associated structures in the perianth
Vegetative
Sexual parts
Reproductive
It is the outer whorl of sepals. It is typically these are green, but are petal-like in some species
Calyx
It is the whorl of petals. It is usually thin, soft and colored to attract animals that help the process of pollination
Corolla
- All of the parts that make up the male part of the flower
- includes the stamens and all of their parts (pollen, filament, anther where pollen is produced)
Androecium
andros oikia meaning
Man’s house
It contains the male gametes
Pollen
- All of the parts that make up the female part of the flower
- Includes the carpel(s) and all of their parts (stigma, style, ovary and ovule)
Gynoecium
gynaikos oikia meaning
woman’s house
The male part of the flower
Stamen
Part of the flower that produces pollen
Anther
Female part of the flower
Pistil
Part of the flower that produces egg
Ovary
Part of the flower that attracts pollinators
Petals
Part of the flower that encloses and protects the bud
Sepal
Part of the plant that helps collect the pollen
Stigma
Part of the plant that holds the anther
Filament
The tube like part of the flower that connects the stigma and ovary
Style
Fusion of likes, such as
the fusion of the petals (sympetalous or gamopetalous) or
sepals (synsepalous)
Connate
Fusion of unlike parts
such as the attachment of the stamens to the petals
(epipetalous)
Adnate
The enlarged basal portion of the pistil where ovules (eggs) are produced
Ovary
A cuplike or tubular enlargement of the receptacle of a flower, loosely surrounding the gynoecium or united with it.
Hypanthium
The ovary is placed
above the rest of the floral segments; an ovary free
from the hypanthium
Superior or Hypogynous flower
All the floral segments surrounding the ovary
Half-inferior or Perigynous flower
Ovary placed below the rest of floral segments.
Inferior or Epigynous flower
- A cluster of flowers
- Arrangement of the flowers on the flowering axis
Inflorescence
The tiny stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence
Pedicel
Has new buds growing at the apex while mature
flowers appear on lower pedicels. Buds open first from the base of the inflorescence.
Indeterminate Inflorescence