introduction to plants Flashcards
the treatment of malaria
Quinine
what do plants provide
provide fuel, shelter, and paper products
our fundamental source of food
plants
became a foundation for human civilization, development of culture, art and government.
agriculture
Why are plants important?
■ Oxygen (Photosynthesis)
■ Primary producers (capable of producing energy on their own)
■ Economically important to humans – agricultural plants
– flavoring plants
– euphoric/hallucinogenic plants – fiber, wood plants
– medicinal plants
immobileandproducespores; function somewhat like seeds
NOTPLANTS
Never green, cannot obtain energy
from sunlight (non-photosynthetic)
Fungi
What is a plant?
Generally, plants have green leaves, stems, roots and flowers.
have leaves, stems and roots but never produce seeds, flowers and wood
Ferns
donot appear to have leaves
Cactiandsucculents
have cones rather than flowers
Conifers (pine, spruce, fir)
do not grow well and reproduce poorly
poorly adapted to the habitat
grow well and reproduce abundantly, passing on the beneficial features to their own offspring
well-adapted
features that seem relatively unchanged
Relictual features
features that have been derived evolutionarily from ancestral features
Derived features
aims to prevent extinction of species and loss of biological diversity
Conservation Biology
