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Morphology Of Flowering Plants Flashcards

1
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In monocotyledonous plants which root system is present?

A

Fibrous root system

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2
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In mustard plant which root system is present ?

A

Tap root system

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3
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In a dicotyledonous plant which root system is present?

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Tap root system

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4
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Is mustard a monocot or dicot?

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Dicotyledon

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5
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In wheat which root system is present?

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Fibrous root system.

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6
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Is wheat monocot or dicot?

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Monocotyledon

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7
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Adventitious root system is present in?

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Maize, Sugar cane, Sweet potato, Grass, Monstera and Banyan tree.

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8
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Due to storage of food the fibrous roots of which plant became tuberous?

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Asparagus

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9
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Prop roots are found in?

A

Banyan tree

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10
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Prop roots are also called ?

A

Pillar roots

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11
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Prop roots arise from?

A

Branches of banyan tree.

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12
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Stilt roots are found in?

A

Maize and Sugarcane.

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13
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Stilt roots are also called ?

A

Brace roots.

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14
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Brace roots arise from?

A

Basal nodes of the stem.

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15
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Respiratory roots are also called?

A

Pneumatophores

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16
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Pneumatophores are found in?

A

Avicenna and Rhizophora

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17
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Leafless wiry stem parasite is?

A

Cuscuta

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18
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Root pockets are found in?

A

Balancing roots of Eichornia

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19
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Asparagus is which type of plant?

A

Asparagus is Xerophyte with fibrous roots storing food

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20
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Roots hair characteristics are ?

A

Unicellular and short lived.

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21
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Assimilatory roots are seen in?

A

Taeniophyllum

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22
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Plants which grow on other plants are called?

A

Epiphytes.

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23
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Example of epiphytes are?

A

Vanda.

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24
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Which roots are specialised to absorb moisture?

A

Velamen roots.

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25
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Velamen roots arise from which tissue?

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Dead spongy tissue.

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26
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Partial parasites are?

A

Viscum and Striga.

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27
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Comlplete parasites are?

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Cuscuta and Rafflesia.

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28
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Nodular roots are observed in the family?

A

Fabacae.(rhizobium)

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29
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Assimilatory roots are found in?

A

Taeniophyllum

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30
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Assimilatory roots are also called?

A

Photosynthetic roots

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31
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The origin of leaves and branches is?

A

Exogenous.

32
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The modification of stem which take part in vegetative propagation and perennation is?

A

Underground stem.

33
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Examples of stem modifications is?

A

Rhizome of ginger (Zingiber) and Turmeric (curcuma)
Stem tuber of Potato
Corm of Zaminkhand (Amorphophallus) and Colacasia
Bulb of Onion and Garlic

34
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How is the stem in bulb modification?

A

The stem is reduced and discoid.

35
Q

The food is stored in bulb in?

A

Scales.

36
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The fleshy scales in bulb modification represent the?

A

Leaf bases.

37
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The dry membranous scales in bulb modification are called?

A

Tunics.

38
Q

Name all the aerial stem modifications?

A

1) Stem tendrils
2) Thorns
3) Phylloclades
4) Cladophylls
5) Bulbils

39
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Name all the sub aerial stem modifications?

A

1) Runners
2) Suckers
3) Stolons
4) Offsets

40
Q

Stem tendrils develop from?

A

Auxillary buds.

41
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Stem tendrils are found in?

A

Cucumber, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Grape wine, Plassifora , Vitis, Cissus

42
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Thorns are of which origin?

A

Axillary stem origin.

43
Q

Axillary stem thorns are found in?

A

Bougainvillea and Citrus

44
Q

Flattened phylloclades are found in?

A

Opuntia

45
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Cylindrical fleshy phylloclades are found in?

A

Euphorbia

46
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Needle like phylloclades are found in?

A

Casuarina

47
Q

In which aerial stem modifications the leaves are modified into scales and spines? And why?

A

In phylloclades and to reduce water loss due to transpiration

48
Q

Leaf like cladophylls are found in?

A

Ruscus

49
Q

Give characteristics of cladophylls ?

A

They are branches of limited growth modified to perform photosynthesis.

50
Q

Cladophylls are found in?

A

Asparagus and Ruscus

51
Q

Bulbils help in?

A

Vegetative propagation.

52
Q

In which plant vegetative buds are modified into bulbils?

A

Dioscorea.

53
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In which plant floral buds are modified into bulbils?

A

Agave.

54
Q

In dinner adventitious roots develop at?

A

Nodes.

55
Q

Examples of runners?

A

Underground stems of Grasses and Strawberry.

Sub aerial stems of Oxalis.

56
Q

Examples of Suckers?

A

Banana, Pineapple and Chrysanthemum.

57
Q

Example of Stolon?

A

Jasmine , Nerium and Mint.

58
Q

What is a offset?

A

It is a short horizontal branch of one internodal length.

59
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Offset is found in what kind of plants?

A

Hydrophytes.

60
Q

Examples of offsets?

A

Pistil and Eichornia

61
Q

The Largest vegetative bud in the plant kingdom is?

A

Cabbage.

62
Q

Woody thinners are called?

A

Lianes.

63
Q

Fleshy scale leaves of garlic are called?

A

Cloves.

64
Q

Stem tubers of helianthus tuberoses store ?

A

Inulin

65
Q

Common name of helianthus tuberosus is ?

A

Sunflower.

66
Q

The origin of leaf is ?

A

Exogenous.

67
Q

Leaves originate from which meristem?

A

Shoot apical meristem.

68
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Leaves are arranged in which manner?

A

Acropetally

69
Q

What are stipules?

A

The two lateral small leaf like structures.

70
Q

In legumes how is leaf base and what is it called?

A

Leaf base is swollen and it is called pulvinus

71
Q

Swollen petioles are found in?

A

Eichhornia and Trapa.

72
Q

In dicots which Venation is observed?

A

Reticulate Venation.

73
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In monocots which Venation is observed?

A

Parallel Venation.

74
Q

Monocots with reticulate Venation are ?

A

Smilax and Dioscorea.

75
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Dicots with parallel Venation are?

A

Caulophyllum and Eryngium.

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