MODULE 8 (part 1-2) Flashcards
1
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subdivision of plant systematics
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plant taxonomy
2
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overall goal of plant systematics
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show the plants’ evolutionary relationships
3
Q
plant taxonomy goal
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- assign proper scientific Latin name
4
Q
indicates a plant’s relationship to other plants and tell us about its place in the plant world
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name
5
Q
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES
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- KINGDOM
- DIVISION
- CLASS
- subclass
- superorder
- ORDER
- FAMILY
- subfamily
- tribe
- subtribe
- GENUS
- SPECIES
- variety
- form
- cultivar
6
Q
plantae
A
KINGDOM
7
Q
_________ (): Ferns
_________: Mosses
_________: Conifers
_________ (): flowering plants
A
Filicinophyta (Pteridophyta)
Bryophyta
Coniferophyta
Angiospermophyta (Anthophyta)
DIVISION
8
Q
- plants that produce flowers
- plants that do not produce flowers
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- angiospermae (angiosperms)
- gymnospermae (gymnosperms)
CLASS
9
Q
- plants with 2 seed leaves
- plants with one seed leaf
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- dicotyledonae (dicotyledons, dicots)
- monocotyledonae (monocotyledons, monocots)
SUBCLASS
10
Q
- A group of related Plant Families
- classified in the order in which they are thought to have developed their differences from a common ancestor.
- There are six in the Dicotyledonae (______, ______, ______, ______, ______, ______), and four in the Monocotyledonae (______, ______, ______, ______)
- The names of this end in _____
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- Magnoliidae, Hamamelidae, Caryophyllidae, Dilleniidae, Rosidae, Asteridae
- Alismatidae, Commelinidae, Arecidae, Liliidae
: -idae
SUPERORDER
11
Q
Each Superorder is further divided into several _______.
The names end in
A
ORDERS
: -ales
12
Q
- Each Order is divided into ________.
- These are plants with many botanical features in common and is the highest classification normally used.
- similarity between plants is often easily recognizable by the layman.
- Modern botanical classification assigns a type of plant to each Family, which has the particular characteristics which separate this group of plants from others, and names the Family after this plant.
- The number of Plant Families varies according to the botanist whose classification you follow.
- The names end in
A
FAMILY
: -aceae
13
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- The Family may be further divided into a number of __________, which group together plants within the Family that has some significant botanical differences.
- The names end in
A
SUBFAMILY
: -oideae
14
Q
- A further division of plants within a Family, based on more minor botanical differences, but still usually comprises many different plants.
The names end in
A
TRIBE
: -eae
15
Q
- A further division, based on even smaller botanical differences, often only recognizable to botanists.
- The names end in
A
SUBTRIBE
: -inae