Lecture 9 - The Flower And Reproduction Flashcards
Reproductive parts of angiosperms
Flowers
What are flowers responsible for?
Production of gametes
Fusion of the male and female gametes produces:
Zygote
Zygote develops into:
Embryo within the seed
Consist of sterile and fertile parts
Flowers
What is an inflorescence
An aggregate of flowers
What is a peduncle?
The lower stalk of an inflorescence or a single flower
What is a pedicel?
The stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence.
What is a receptacle?
The part of the flower stalk to which the flower parts are attached
How many whorls does a flower have?
Four
What do sepals on the outside form?
Collectively form the calyx
Petals inside the sepals collectively form?
Collectively form the Corolla
What are stamens enclosed by?
The corolla
What is in the center of the flower?
Carpels
What is the outermost whorl?
Calyx
Calyx consists of sepals? True of false
True
Describe the appearance of a calyx
Green and leaf-like
Sepals of the calyx are free or fused
Both
What are the functions of the calyx?
Encloses and protects the inner whorls
Synthesizes food
What is found inside the calyx?
Corolla
Describe the appearance of the corolla
White or brightly coloured
What is the Corolla made of?
Made of Petals
Petals may be separate or fused. True or false?
True
What are the functions of the corolla?
Enclose and protect stamens and carpel
Attract pollinators
Forms the third whorl and is inside the Corolla.
Stamen
What are the stamen parts?
Filament, anther
Describe the filament
Slender, flexible, supports anther
Describe the anther
Male reproductive organ
Collectively, stamens are called what?
The androecium
What is the anthers function?
Produces pollen grains which contain the male reproductive cells
What is the function of the filament?
Holds anther in the best position for pollen transfer
Where are carpels?
Innermost whorl of the flower
What is the carpel?
Female reproductive organ
What does the carpel consist of?
Ovary, style, stigma, gynoecium
Describe the ovary
Basal swollen portion
What does the style arise from?
The ovary
Where is the stigma?
At tip of style
What is the gynoecium?
Carpels collectively are called the gynoecium
What does the ovary contain?
The ovules
What does each ovule contain?
An egg cell
What is the style function?
Holds the stigma in best position for receiving pollen
What is stigma function?
Receives or traps pollen grains
What is the pistil?
When 2 or more carpels fuse
Where does fusion of the carpels occur?
Anywhere along the carpels
What is the locule?
The cavity in the ovary
In a pistil, what does the number of locals indicate?
The number of carpels that have fused to form the pistil
What are perfect flowers?
Have both stamens and pistils - are bisexual
What are imperfect flowers?
Have only stamens or have only pistils - are unisexual
If the androecium is absent, the flower is called?
Pistillate
If gynoecium is absent, the flower is called?
Staminate
What plant type have both staminate and pistillate flowers on the same individual?
Monoecious plants
What plant type has imperfect flowers on different individuals?
Dioecious plants
Are monoecious or dioecious plants unisexual?
Dioecious
What are complete flowers?
Have all four floral whorls
What are incomplete flowers?
Flowers missing any whorls
What is connation?
Fusion of parts within the same whorl
What is adnation?
Fusion of flower parts with members of other whorls
What is an example of adnation?
Fusion of stamens and Corolla