Lecture 4 - Intro to plant identification

Question 1

Explain the Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 1

• Genus and species are in Italics
• The first time that the plant is mentioned, use FULL NAME
• Thereafter, only the first letter of the genus can be used, without author citation (genus is capitalized and species in small caps)

Question 2

T or F: Author citation is not in italics, original author is in parenthesis (L.) and revising author is not in parenthesis Tod.

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Name the 3 types of plants:

Answer 3

1) Seedless vascular
2) Gymnosperms
3) Angiosperms

Question 4

Produce spores (ferns, horsetail, clubmosses):

Answer 4

Seedless vascular

Question 5

Produce cones (conifers, cypress, gingko)

Answer 5

Gymnosperms

Question 6

Produce flowers (monocots and dicots)

Answer 6

Angiosperms

Question 7

Grasses, palms, orchids, gingers are examples of _________________

Answer 7

monocots (angiosperms)

Question 8

Cacti, beans, carrots, sunflowers, blueberries are examples of __________________

Answer 8

dicots (angiosperms)

Question 9

Pteridophyte is a ___________ that disperses spores

Answer 9

vascular plant

Question 10

What is the scientific name of Ostrich Fern:

Answer 10

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Tod.

Question 11

Give 3 characteristics of gymnosperms:

Answer 11

1) Naked sperm
2) Almost all are woody
3) Almost all are evergreen

Question 12

Cycads, Cypress, Plum Pines and Ephedra are example of ____________

Answer 12

tropical gymnosperms

Question 13

Name 3 gymnosperms you can find in Canada:

Answer 13

• Cedar
• Pine
• Tamarack

Question 14

Gingko have make and female trees ____________

Answer 14

Dioecious

Question 15

90% of plants are bisexual:

Answer 15

Monoecious

Question 16

Perfect flowers have both male (________) and female (____________) on the same flower

Answer 16

stamens

pistils

Question 17

Pistil includes:

Answer 17

• Stigma
• Style
• Ovary

Question 18

Stamen includes:

Answer 18

• Anther

- Filament

Question 19

Angiosperms have SEEDS and ________

Answer 19

FLOWERS

Question 20

T or F: The difference between annual and perennial flowers is based on their lifespan, as annual flowers typically last for one growing season, while perennials last for multiple growing seasons

Answer 20

T

Question 21

Name some annual plants:

Answer 21

• tomatoes
• cucumbers
• zucchini
• beets

Question 22

Name some perennial plants:

Answer 22

• strawberries
• blackberries
• blueberries
• asparagus

Question 23

Give me the 6 characteristics of monocots:

Answer 23

• 1 cotyledon
• veins are usually parallel
• vascular bundles are usually complexly arranged
• fibrous root system
• floral parts usually in multiples of 3

Question 24

Give me the 6 characteristics of dicots:

Answer 24

• 2 cotyledons
• veins are usually netlike
• vascular bundles are usually arranged in ring
• taproot usually present
• floral parts usually in multiples of 4 or 5