Monots (Class Liliopsida) Flashcards
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Monocots
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Class Liliopsida
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Family Poaceae
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Grass Family
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Family Poaceae Characteristics
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- Flowers modified, irregular, bracts
- No Normal sepals,petals
- Stamens separate
- Ovary is superior, 2-3 Carpels, 1 locule
- Leaves parallel veined, sheathe base (alternate)
- Stems round, nodes
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Examples of Family Poaceae
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- Bristle or Velcro Grass
- Corn-Raven
- Sugar Cane
- Grass Flowers
- Herbs
- Sugarcane
- Bamboo
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Rachilla
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The part of a spikelet, in grasses and sedges, that bears the florets.
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Palea
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the upper bract of the floret of a grass.
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Lemma
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the lowermost of two chaff-like bracts enclosing the grass floret.
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Glume
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A boat shaped bract on grass
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Family Liliaceae
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Lily Family
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Characteristics of Family Liliaceae
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- Regular flowers, 6 tepals
- 6 stamens, 1 pistil with 3 carpels
- leaves long, linear venation
- Form bulbs
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Venation
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the arrangement of veins in a leaf lamina
12
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Examples of Family Liliceae
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- Tiger Lily
- Daylily
- Onions
- Agave
- Garlic
- Daffodil
- Aloe Vera
- Avalanche lily
- Datilillo tree (lily)
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False Hellebore
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Causes birth defects in animals known as Cyclopes
14
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What is the biggest family?
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Family Orchidaceae
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Characteristics of Family Ochidaceae?
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- 3 sepals, 3 petals, irregular
- Stamens & pistil united into column
- pollen in pollina
- inferior to ovary
- many tiny seeds
