Plant Names Flashcards by Eric Do | Brainscape

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

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Family Lycopodiaceae

Genus Lycopodium

Homosporous

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

Ligule?

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Family Selaginellaceae

Genus Selaginella

Heterosporous

Ligule

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

Ligule?

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Family Isoetaceae

Genus Isoetes

Heterosporous

Ligule

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

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Family Ophioglossaceae

Genus Botrychium

Homosporous

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

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Family Ophioglossaceae

Genus Ophioglossum

Homosporous

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Order?

Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

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Order Psilotales

Family Psilotaceae

Genus Psilotum

Homosporous

Sporangia arranged in groups of 3’s (synangia)

Lack true roots

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

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Order Equisetales

Family Equisetaceae

Genus Equisetum

Homosporous

Stem often hollow, jointed, ribbed, unbranced or with whorls of branches

Leaves form a sheath at the nodes

Strobili Terminal; Sporangia attached to sporangiophoeres

Spores with four elaters, which coil and uncoil

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Family?

Genus?

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Order Polypodiales

Family Polypodiaceae

Genus Polypodium

Sporangia usually grouped into SORI

Maybe indusiate or exindusiate

Family: rhizomes creeping and covered with scales, sporangia forming a mound-like sorus, exindusiate.

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Family?

Genus?

Type of Leaves?

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Family Osmundaceae

Genus Osmunda

Dimorphic

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Family?

Genus?

Type of leaves?

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Family Schizaeaceae

Genus Lygodium

Dimorphic

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Family?

Genus?

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Family Pteridaceae

Genus Adiantum

Pinnae dichotomously veined

Sori along the veins, false indusia

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Genus?

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Family Dennstaedtiaceae

Genus Pteridium

rhizome creeping; leaves large and divided

Sori along leaf margin or on back of leaf

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Genus?

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Family Aspleniaceae

Genus Asplenium

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Family?

Genus?

Sori is located?

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Family Dryopteridaceae

Genus Dryopteris

On the veins or on the tip

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Genus?

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Family Onocleaceae

Genus Onoclea

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Family?

Genus?

Heterosporous or Homosporous?

Leaflets?

Sporocarps?

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Family Marsileaceae

Genus Marsilea

Heterosporous

2 leaflets

Sporocarps produced

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Family?

Genus?

Leaflets?

Sporocarps?

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Family Salvineaceae

Genus Salvinia

3 leaves

Sporocarps produced

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Family?

Genus?

Sporocarps?

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Family Azollacae

Genus Azolla

Sporocarps formed

Leaves are scale-like and overlapping