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Plant diversity Flashcards

1
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taxon including plantae and charophytes

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streptophyta

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2
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polymer layer prevents exposed charophyte zygotes from drying out and present in plant spores

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sporopollenin

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3
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group of microtubules that forms the start of the cell wall during division

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phragmoblast

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4
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plant group

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embryophytes

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5
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clusters of sporangia in ferns

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sori

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6
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cone shaped structures in many lycophytes and in most gymnosperms

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strobilli

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7
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Phylum of liverworts

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Hepatophyta

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8
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Phylum of hornworts

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Anthoceratophyta

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9
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Phylum of mosses

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Bryophyta

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10
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Phylum of lycophytes

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Lycophyta

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11
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Phylum of ferns and allies

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Monilophyta

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12
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Phylum of ginkgo

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Ginkgophyta

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13
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Phylum of cycads

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Cycadophyta

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14
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Phylum of Gnetophytes

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Gnetophyta

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15
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Phylum of Conifers

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Coniferophyta

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16
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Phylum of flowering plants

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Anthophyta

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17
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Spore type of clubmosses

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Homosporous

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18
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Spore type of quillworts

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Heterosporous

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19
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Spore type of spikemosses

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Heterosporous

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20
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Spore type of ferns

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Mostly homosporous

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21
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Grouping of horsetails

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Anthrophyta

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22
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Spore type of horsetails

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Homosporous

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23
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Spore type of whisk ferns and allies

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Homosporous

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24
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Global genus of Whisk Ferns

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Psilotum

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25
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South pacific genus of Whisk Ferns

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Tmesipteris

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26
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Moss haploid spores develop into this

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Protonemata

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27
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on upper part of moss capsule; ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures

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Peristome

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28
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Sporophytes have a short seta (stalk) with an oval or round capsule elevated on gametophyte “trees”

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liverwort

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29
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liverworts with flattened gametophytes

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thalloid liverwort

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30
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stemlike gametophytes have many leaflike appendages

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leafy liverwort

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31
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sporophyte lacks a seta and is only sporangium

32
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compounds in moss cell walls absorb damaging levels of UV radiation present in deserts or at high altitudes

33
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compounds that help prevent decay

34
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two types of sporangia in heterosporous plants

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Megasporangia and microsporangia

35
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leaves bearing megasporangia

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megasporophylls

36
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leaves bearing microsporangia

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microsporophylls

37
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two types of gametangia

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antheridia and archegonia

38
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3 genuses in Gnetophyta

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Gnetum, Ephedra, and Welwitschia

39
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South African Gnetophyta

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Welwitschia mirabilis

40
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drug produced by Ephedra

41
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Double fertilization produces two zygotes

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Gnetophyta

42
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Oldest Bristlecone pine and oldest tree

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Methuselah

43
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Two cells of male angiosperm gametophyte

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generative cell and tube cell

44
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Double fertilization produces one zygote

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Anthophyta

45
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Integument + megasporangium + megaspore

46
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opening to megasporangium

47
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cells on female angiosperm gametophyte opposite the micropyle

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antipodal cells

48
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cells on female angiosperm gametophyte flanking the egg cell

49
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nuclei in central cell of female gametophyte

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polar nuclei

50
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ploidy of endosperm

51
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two parts of stamen

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anther and filament

52
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three parts of carpel

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stigma, style, and ovary

53
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single carpel

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simple pistil

54
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two or more fused carpels

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compound pistil

55
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fruit flesh

56
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pericarp derived from what structure

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ovary wall

57
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3 Basal angiosperms

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Amborella, water lilies, and star anise and relatives

58
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includes orchids

59
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includes laurels

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magnoliids

60
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includes black pepper plants

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magnoliids

61
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includes strawberries

62
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includes Apple and pear trees

63
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includes peas and beans

64
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spiral rather than whorled arrangement of floral organs

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magnoliids

65
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veins usually netlike

66
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veins usually parallel

67
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vascular tissue arranged in rings

68
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vascular tissue scattered

69
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fibrous root system

70
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taproot system

71
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pollen grain with three openings

72
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pollen grain with one opening

73
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floral organs in multiples of three

74
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floral organs in multiples of 4 or 5

75
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