Flowers And Angiosperms Flashcards
What is usually green and encloses the flower bud
Sepals
What is often brightly colored to attract pollinators?
Petals
Microsporopylls: male reproductive organs
Stamens
Megasporophylls: female reproductive organs
Carpels
Stalk of a stamen
Filament
Terminal sac apart of stamen
anther
Three parts of a carpel
Ovary, style, stigma
How are fruit formed?
When ovary wall thickens and matures
Seeds can be carried by _____
water, wind, animals
Water lily
Basal Angiosperm
Star anise
Basal Angiosperm
Amborella trichopoda
Basal angiosperm
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
Magnoliids
Orchids
Monocot
Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
Monocot
Pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
Monocot
Snow pea (Pisum sativum)
Eudicots
Dog rose (Rosa canina)
Eudicot
Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica)
Eudicot
Six crops consumed by humans that come from angiosperms
Wheat, maize, rice, potatoes, cassava, sweet potatoes