plant names

Question 1

Euglena

Answer 1

unicellular protist (not a plant by taxonomic definition)

Question 2

Ulva

Answer 2

sea lettuce

Question 3

Chlorophytes

Answer 3

comprise most of green algae, algal cells use cleavage furrow to divide

Question 4

Zygnema (Charophytes)

Answer 4

pond algae, closest relatives to land plants

Question 5

Streptophytes

Answer 5

land plants together with charophytes, use phragmolast (protein frame where the cell is built) to divide

Question 6

Marchantia

Answer 6

liverwort

Question 7

polytrichum

Answer 7

hair cap moss, archegonium remenant becomes fabric like and persists as a bag over the capsule

Question 8

anthoceros

Answer 8

hornwort

Question 9

Matteucia struthiopteris

Answer 9

ostrich fern

Question 10

Equisetum

Answer 10

horsetails (vascular plants)

Question 11

Psilotum

Answer 11

whisk ferns, with almost no leaves

Question 12

Iris

Answer 12

has an underground horizontal rhizome (which looks like a root but is not)

Question 13

Fragaria

Answer 13

has an aboveground and horizontal stolon (looks like it is a skinny root out of the ground)

Question 14

Solanum tuberosum

Answer 14

potatoes, have a stem tuber for storage that is underground so they can survive over the winter.

Question 15

Xerophytes

Answer 15

plants that are adapted to arid environments, they have structural features to reduce water loss. slow growth .

Question 16

ocotillo

Answer 16

leafless xerophytes, but grows many green leaves after heavy rain

Question 17

old man cactus (oleander)

Answer 17

xerophytes

Question 18

pinus longavea

Answer 18

bristlecone pine (longest living tree) (Gymnosperms)

Question 19

sequoiadendron

Answer 19

giant sequoia (most massive tree) (gymnosperms)

Question 20

Juniperus

Answer 20

juniper with cone scales that become fleshy (gymnosperms)

Question 21

Ginko bilboa

Answer 21

gymnosperm, maidenhair tree. is dioecious with leaves and fleshy seeds.

Question 22

cycas

Answer 22

cycad. leaves like palm but plants with cone. also dioecious.

Question 23

corylus

Answer 23

hazel plant, with a cluster of carpellate flowers

Question 24

Aquilegia

Answer 24

columbine flower, red flower pollinates by birds, no odor.

Question 25

agave

Answer 25

pollinated by long nosed bat, white petals with flowers that are open a night and nectar that attracts bats.

Question 26

Taraxacum

Answer 26

dandelion, ultraviolet light shows a nectar guide for bees

Question 27

Yucca

Answer 27

white flowers with petals produced at night. moth pollinates then lays egg in the flowers ovary.

Question 28

stapelia

Answer 28

carrion flower, gives of a flesh color and a rotten odor to attract bowflies

Question 29

pineapple

Answer 29

multiple fruit (each “piece” develops from the carpel of one flower)

Question 30

accessory fruit

Answer 30

fleshy tissue comes from anywhere but the ovary

Question 31

simple fruit

Answer 31

fruit part comes from the ovary

Question 32

aggregate fruit

Answer 32

fruit comes from the many carpels of one flower.

Question 33

cocos

Answer 33

coconuts, fruit has a fibrous layer to keep it buoyant.

Question 34

Acer

Answer 34

maple, the fruit has a wing to land safely

Question 35

Phaseolus

Answer 35

common bean with epigeal germination

Question 36

allium

Answer 36

onion with epigeal germination

Question 37

Pisum

Answer 37

pea with hypogeal germination

Question 38

Zea

Answer 38

corn with hypogeal germination

Question 39

Platycerium

Answer 39

staghorn fern, epiphyte

Question 40

Phoradendron

Answer 40

mistletoe, parasitic plant

Question 41

Monotropa

Answer 41

ghost pipe, parasitic on ectomycorrhizae

Question 42

drosera

Answer 42

sundew, traps insects by sticky drops, insect will then supply Nitrogen for the plant

Question 43

Sarracenia

Answer 43

pitcher plant, insect tumbles into its death, will now provide the plant with nitrogen