Plant Growth and Development Flashcards
Non-vascular plants
Lack xylem and phloem, ex. moss
Seedless vascular plants
Reproduce with spores, found in moist environments, ex. ferns
Gymnosperms
Have non-coated seeds, ex. conifers
Angiosperms
Flowering plants with coated seeds
Monocots/monocotyledons definition and characteristics
Has a single cotelydon in seeds Petals in multiples of 3 Fibrous roots Scattered vasculature Parallel leaf veins No secondary growth
Dicots/dicotyledons definition and characteristics
Seeds contain 2 cotyledons. Petals in multiples of 4/5 Taproot Vasculature in ring Netted leaf veins Secondary growth
Epicotyl
Region above cotelydon
Hypocotyl
Region below cotyledon, above root axis
Pericarp
Seed coat
Endosperm
Provides nutrition for plant embryo
Seed definition
Embryo, endosperm, and coat
Embryo definition
Contains every part that isn’t endosperm or coat
Scutellum
Monocot cotyledon, specialized for absorbing endosperm (thinner, large surface area)
Cotyledon
Embryonic leaf
Embryonic shoot
Plumule