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PLANT TAXONOMY Flashcards

1
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This system of classification is also called ________ and usually features both English and Latin names for different divisions.

A

taxonomy

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Greek philosopher and naturalist and is often called the “Father of Botany.”

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Theophrastus

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was a pupil of Aristotle and was the first person to publish a classification of plants.

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Theophrastus

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Theophrastus classified plants based on form: (2)

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  • Herbs, shrubs, trees
  • Annuals, perennials, biennials
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5
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was the first person to propose an orderly system for classifying organisms.

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Carolus Linnaeus

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6
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He developed the Binomial (bi = “2”; nomial = “name”) System of Naming Plants in 1753:

  • All plants have a scientific name composed of two Latin names known as a (2)
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Carolus Linnaeus
genus and species

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7
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His system is still used today and his called the Father of Taxonomy

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Carolus Linnaeus

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8
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Plant Classification (7)

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Kingdom: (Plantae)
Phylum: (Tracheophyta)
Class: (Angiosperm)
Order: (Rosales)
Family: (Rosaceae)
Genus: (Rosa)
Species: (Rosa gallica)

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9
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Plant Kingdom (Plantae) has over ________ species

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275,00

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Characteristics of Kingdom Plantae (3):

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  • Whether they can circulate fluids (like rainwater)
    through their bodies or need to absorb them from the
    moisture that surrounds them
  • How they reproduce (by spores or different kinds of
    seeds)
  • Their size or stature.
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11
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Plants are divided in this category based on:

  • whether or not the plant bears or produces seeds
  • Vascular or Non-Vascular plants
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Phylum

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12
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Over 250,000 plants in this category

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Phylum

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13
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Over 235,00 species in this category

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Class

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14
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Plants are divided into two types of classes

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  • Angiospermae (angiosperms)- plants which produce flowers
  • Gymnospermae (gymnosperms)- plants which don’t produce flowers
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15
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2 subclasses of plants

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  • Dicotyledonae (dicotyledons/dicots)– plants with two seed leaves
  • Monocotyledonae (monocotyledons/monocot)- plants with one seed leaf
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16
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Over 18,000 species in this category

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Order

17
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A group of related plant families, classified in the ______ in which they are thought to have developed their differences from a common ancestor (based from their): (2)

A

Order

Vegetative Structures and Reproductive Structures

18
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Names of orders end in

A

ales

19
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Each order is divided into

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families

20
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These are plants with many botanical features in common. (Vegetative and Reproductive Structures used)

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Family

21
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In this category, related plants with similar flower parts are grouped together

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Family

22
Q

The _______ Family, consists of plums, apples,
strawberries because they all have similar flower structures.

A

Rose Family (Rosaceae)

23
Q

The names of families end in –

A

aceae

24
Q

Over 3,500 species in this category

A

family

25
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This is the plants group name

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Genus

26
Q

All plants having the same generic name are
said to belong to the same _______ and have
similar characteristics and are closely
related.

A

Genus

27
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The name of the ______ should be written with a capital letter.

A

Genus

28
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Over 500 species in this category

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Genus

29
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Examples of plant Genus (7)

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  • Pinus- all pines
  • Musa- all bananas (from Arabic word mauz)
  • Lithocarpus/ Quercus- all oaks
  • Begonia- all begonias
  • Jasminum- all jasmines
  • Juniperus- all junipers
  • Viola- all violet types (of Family Violacaee)
30
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This is the highest level that defines an individual plant.

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Species

31
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Often, the ______ will describe some aspect of the plant. The color of the flowers, size or shape of the leaves, or the place where it was found.

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name

32
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Together the ________ and _________ name refer to only one plant, and they are used to identify that particular plant.

A

Genus and species

33
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The _________ is an adjective that describes the genus.

A

species name

34
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The name of the ________ should be written after the Genus name, in small letters, with no capital letter.

A

species

35
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Some botanical terms used in scientific names:

Alba
Polysperma
Pseudo
Bi
Macro
Tetra
Indicus
Carpus
Folius/folia
Diptero
Pteros

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Alba - white
Polysperma - many seed
Pseudo - false
Bi - two
Macro - larger
Tetra - four
Indicus - from East Indies
Carpus - fruited
Folius/folia - leaved
Diptero - di/2
Pteros - wing

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Plant BDV (3 decks)

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