Plant Morphology Flashcards

1
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Extirpated

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No longer surviving in native area, but surviving elsewhere.

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2
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Floccose

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Being covered in wooly hairs easily rubbed off.

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3
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Jugate

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Arranged in pairs

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4
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Macrophyll

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Large leaves produced by ferns and seed plants.

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5
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Haustorial Root

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Parasitic root that invades stem of another plant to siphon nutrients instead of the soil.

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6
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Globose

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Round or spherical in shape

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7
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Fenestrated

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Thinned or with small slots as to be translucent.

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8
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Epiphytic

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Non-parasitic plants that grow on the canopy of larger plants and do not root in soil.

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9
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Adventitious

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Organs growing of a plant in areas they normally shouldn’t, such as a root growing from the mid stem.

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10
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Abscission

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Normal sheddings of an organ that is aged or mature.

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11
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Sympodial

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When lateral shoot growth takes over after the termination of the apical meristem.

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12
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Runcinated

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Leaves that have jagged edges pointing back towards the base of the plant. Think of dandelion leaves.

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13
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Sporophyll

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Leaf or bract that bears sporangia in fern allies, ferns, and gymnosperms

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14
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Trullate

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Spade shaped leaves where thickest part is closest to main stem.

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15
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Stipule

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Outgrowth of leaf base connected to the shoot

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16
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Marcescent

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Withering organs (leaves/petals/stipules) that are still persistent. Think of the brown leaves that remain on trees in January.

17
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Latex

A

White milky substance inside of some stems

18
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Erubescent

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Reddish in color, blushing

19
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Eophyll

A

First fully expanded leaves produced by a seedling.

20
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Lignotuber

A

Woody swelling of the root crown to protect from fire damage.

21
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Archeophyte

A

Non native plant that has been established in an area for a length of time.

22
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Neophyte

A

Species that has newly been introduced to an area.

23
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Halophyte

A

Salt loving plants. Includes ocean plants.

24
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Helophyte

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Marsh plants that grow partially submerged in water that regrow from buds below the water’s surface.

25
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Mesophyte

A

Plants that use an average amount of water.

26
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Myrmecophyte

A

Plants that have a mutualistic relationship with ants.

27
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Nyctagimous

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Flowers that open at night. Referring only to flowers, hit the plant itself.

28
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Nyctanthous

A

Plants that bloom at night

29
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Pteridophyte

A

Vascular plants that reproduce using spores. Ferns and fern allies.

30
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Semelparous

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Producing flowers only once, and then dying.

31
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Stenophyllous

A

Plants having narrow leaves.

32
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Tracheophyte

A

Plants having a true vascular system including xylem and phloem

33
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Xerophyte

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Plants that live in dry conditions.

34
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Saponaceous

A

Having the qualities of soap

35
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Napiform

A

Round at the op and tapering at the bottom. Turnip shaped. Usually refers to roots.