Flower Morphology and Plant ID Flashcards
Species/populations that are hermaphrodite have flowers that are ___ _________.
all bisexual.
Species/populations that are monoecious have separate male and female flowers on the _______ _______.
same plant.
Species/populations that are dioecious have male and female flowers on ________ _________.
separate plants.
Diclinous flowers (imperfect flowers) are either ________ or ________.
male or female. (unisexual)
Monoclinous flowers (perfect flowers) have both _________ and __________.
androecium and gynoecium, (bisexual)
In hypogynous flowers the ovary is _________.
superior.
In epigynous flowers the ovary is ________.
inferior.
In perigynous flowers the ovary is _________.
superior.
Flowers can have either an _________, ________ or _________ ovary position.
inferior, superior or intermediate (half inferior) ovary position.
An apocarpous gynoecium contains _______ _______.
free carpels.
A syncarpous gynoecium can have either:
- __________
- ___________
- ___________
- joined ovaries
- united ovary and style
- free ovaries united by the style
You cut a transverse section of a flower’s ovary and see
multiple locules. How many carpels are in this flower?
The number of carpels will equal the number of locules.
You cut a transverse section of a flower’s ovary and see one locule. How many carpels are in this flower?
The number of carpels will equal the number of stigmas/styles/placentas.
If a flower has free carpels, how can you determine the number of carpels?
By counting the number you can see!
What is the name of the structure that attaches an ovule to the placenta?
A funicle.
