Lab 4 Flashcards
flowering plants
angiosperms
the primary photosynthetic organs for most plants
leaves
of some species have been adapted to store water, store starch
leaves
important players in gas exchange and in the water stream that flows upwards from the soil and transpires from the
leaves
three parts of a leave
: a blade, a petiole and a pair of stipules
the flat expanded portion of the leaf
blade
the stalk that supports the blade; in some plants it is absent
petiole
a sessile plant is
petiole-less
paired structures that may be found at the base of leaves. Their presence in many species is temporary since they are often shed early in the growing season; vary greatly
stipules
rhubarb pie is made from
petiole
to tell whether you are looking at a simple leaf or leaflet find the
axillary bud
axillary buds are only found in the
axil of a leaf
leaflets occuring in featherlike pattern
pinnately
leaflets arise from a single point
palmately
(xylem
water transfer
phloem
food flows down
areas on a stem that give rise to leaves or granches
nodes
one leaf at a node
alternate
number of leaves at a node is 2
opposite
3+ leaves at a node
whorled
veins in the stem which transport water and organic solutes
vascular bundles
parallel in
monocot
net veins in
dicot
a plant which lives in an environment with a moderate amount of water
mesophyte