Hortoculture 1 Flashcards
hortus cultura
garden cultivation
horticulture
science and art of cultivating, processing, and marking fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
pomology
fruit and nut production, “apple or fruit”
Olericulture
vegetable production, “pot herb”
3 primary areas of study
pomology, olericulture, ornamental
gymniosperm age
200 - 150,000,000 years old
angiosperm age
70 - 60,000,000 years old
kitchen garden
intensive care plants that needed to be kept close to the house
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Father of Horticulture, 1858 - 1954
Scientific and Botanical Systems
Kingdoms, Binomial Nomenclature
Operational SYstems
Seasonal Growth Cycles, Stem Structure, Growth Form
Cytology
cell type, studio of cell components and function
Anatomy
internal structure
Physiology
plant functions
Morphology
structural form
Plant Taxonomy
the science of identifying, naming, and calssifying plants
Kingdoms (Whittaker, 1969)
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia, Plantae
Bryophytes
liverworts, hornworts, and mosses
vascular plants
seedless. Ferns, club mosses, horsetails
seeded
gymnosperms, angiosperms
pinophyta
gymnosperms
magnoliophyta
angiosperms
rosaceae
rose family
poaceae
grass familia
fabaceae
legumes or bean family
lamiaceae
mint family
asteraceae
aster family
binomial nomenclature
genus and species, capital then lowercase, all italicized
Carolus Linnaeus
1707 - 1778, swedish botanist, introduced binomial nomenclature, first botanist to organize plants into classes based on floral structure.
Species Plantarum
first plant naming guide
ICBN
Internation Code of Botanical Names
plant varieties and sub species
acer rubarum var. drummondii (still italicized or underlined)
Cultivar
Product of plant breeding or selection (cultivated variety). In quotes, nonitalicized
Inter-specific hybrids
magnolia x soulangeana
Inter-generic Hybrids
X Fatshedera lizei
Histology
microscopic plant structure
Robert Hooke
discovered cells
Prokaryotic Cells
SIngle cell organisms, lack distinct nucleus due to absence of a nuclear membrane (eg. bacteria)
Eukaryotic Cells
Made up of compartments bounded by membranes each with specialized structures and functions
Eukaryotic Cells - components
Protoplast, Nucleus, Cell Wall
cytoplasm
viscous liquid coposed of matrix proteins contained by the plasma membrane