Plant Identification

Question 1

Define basal

Answer 1

bottom/ or base of the plant, e.g basal leaves

Question 2

Define Bract

Answer 2

A modified leaf that subtends an inflorescence

Question 3

Define corollas

Answer 3

the second whorl of the flower organ, enclosed by the calyx

Question 4

Define summit

Answer 4

top/apex of an organ, facing away from its attachment point

Question 5

Define whorled

Answer 5

the arrangement of a node bearing 3 or more similar organse.e leaves/flowers

Question 6

Define labellum

Answer 6

In orchids, the lowest , highly modified petal

Question 7

Define monocot

Answer 7

a plant whose embryos have only one leaf

Question 8

Describe monocot

Answer 8

Flowers with 3 or 6 petals, often radially symmetrical

Question 9

Define parallel veins

Answer 9

veins run side by side and do not converge

Question 10

Define disk flowers

Answer 10

tiny flowers located in the center of a composite head (centre of a daisy)

Question 11

Define ray flowers

Answer 11

a flower with a single, long strap-lke ray petal that form the outer rinf of a composite head

Question 12

Define sepal

Answer 12

each individual part of the calyx

Question 13

Define tepal

Answer 13

sepals and petals that are indistinguishable from each over save from their position

Question 14

Define spur

Answer 14

a tapering, sometimes curving projection

Question 15

Define compound

Answer 15

made of of two or more discrete leaflets

Question 16

Define define rosette plants

Answer 16

leaves produced at ground level, little or no stepm

Question 17

Define cut leaves

Answer 17

The blade is separated into lobes by slits

Question 18

Define revolute leaves

Answer 18

the leaf margin is rolled under the leaf blade

Question 19

Define stipule

Answer 19

small leaf-like projections from the base of the leaf stalk

Question 20

Define petiole

Answer 20

the leaf stalk

Question 21

Define pinnate

Answer 21

A form of divided leaf where pairs of leaflets are arranged opposite one another along the rhachis.