plant organs: inflorescence in monocots

Question 1

what is inflorescence

Answer 1

the area where male and female reproductive units come together to produce the seed

Question 2

what is a floret

Answer 2

an individual flower of the grass family

Question 3

what are the 4 parts of a floret in monocots

Answer 3

1) lemma 2) palea 3) pistil 4) stamen

Question 4

what is the pistil

Answer 4

the female reproductive organ for plant

Question 5

what is the stamen

Answer 5

the male reproductive organ for plants

Question 6

what is the lemma and palea in monocots

Answer 6

bracts where the pistil and stamens are located. they are modified leaves

Question 7

in monocots, the ___ is the outer facing bract and the ___ is the inner facing bract

Answer 7

lemma, palea

Question 8

in monocots, what is the lemma and palea called collectively

Answer 8

the hull

Question 9

in monocots, how is the pistil generally constructed

Answer 9

its made up of the ovary which contains one ovule. on top of the ovary are two feathery stigmas

Question 10

in monocots, how many seeds will one ovule produce when fertilized

Answer 10

one

Question 11

in monocots, what is the function of the stigmas

Answer 11

to catch pollen (that’s produced from the male reproductive organs)

Question 12

in monocots what are the stamens made up of

Answer 12

filament and the anther

Question 13

what is the filament

Answer 13

the stalk which holds up the anther

Question 14

what is the anther

Answer 14

houses the pollen(male gametes) which is released upon maturity

Question 15

how many stamens do grasses have

Answer 15

three

Question 16

what are glumes

Answer 16

the brackets which enclose one or more florets. this unit of the inflorescence is called spikelet

Question 17

what is the rachilla

Answer 17

within each spikelet, the florists are born on a rachilla

Question 18

What’s the central stock the spikelets are attached to called

Answer 18

ranchis

Question 19

how are most cereals pollinated

Answer 19

they are self-pollinated.

Question 20

why don’t monocots have the same showy floral parts that dicots do

Answer 20

because they are self-pollinated and so don’t need to attract pollinators

Question 21

Describe the structure if a spike

Answer 21

Spike, Coming off the rachis we have the, Spikelet, on the rachilla we have two or more glumes, then covering the floret we have two glumes the lemme and palea, one or many florets branching off the rachilla, if we we open up the palea and lemma we would have the sexual organs