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Plant Taxonomy Exam 2 Flashcards

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What is the name of this Arisaema?

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Jack-in-the-pulpit

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What is the name of this Arasema?

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Green Dragon

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What is Symplocarpus Foetidus?

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skunk-cabbage

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4
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What is Sagittaria?

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Arrowhead or Duck Potato

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What is this Potamogeton?

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Pondweed

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What is this Potamogeton amplifolius?

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muskyweed, cabbage, large leaf pondweed

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What is potamogeton pusillus?

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narrow-leaf pondleaf

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What is potamogeton crispus?

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cutly-leaf pondweed

*INVASIVE

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What is Trillium?

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trillium

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What is Clintonia?

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blue bead lily

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What is Erythtonium?

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trout lily, dog-toothed violet (purple flowers)

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What is Lilium?

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lily, turk’s cap lily

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13
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What is Smilax?

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greenbriar

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What is Cypripedium?

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lady-slipper, moccasin-flower

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In floral terms what does ADNATE mean?

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In floral terms what does CONNATE mean?

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In floral terms, what does ACINTOMORPHIC mean?

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In floral terms, what does ZYGOMORPHIC mean?

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In floral terms, what does ANDROECIUM mean?

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The third whorl that is the Male reproductive part of flower, composed of stamens.

Stamen made of a filament and an anther.

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In floral terms, what is an ANTHER?

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In floral terms, what is an AXILE?

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Separate chambers separted by septa (dividers)

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What is BASAL?

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The bottom or base of a plant from where roots grow

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What is CALYX?

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All of the SEPALS (leaves)

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24
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What is a COMPLETE flower?

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ALL FOUR floral parts are present: sepals, petals, stamens and carpals

25
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What is a compound flower?

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A compound or composite flower has fewer sepals, petals, stamens and pistils that are fused together. See image with two different types of florets or flowers:

26
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What is CONNATE in plant taxonomy?

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Connate means LIKE or similar parts are fused together. Read diagram description only, not labels on pictures to understand connate.

27
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What is COROLLA?

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ALL PETALS = COROLLA

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What is DIADELPHOUS?

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What is DIOECIOUS?

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Each plant has either only male reproductive parts or stamens OR only female reproductive parts ir pistils.

DIOECIOUS plants NEED the plant of the opposite sex to achieve pollination

30
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What does EPIGYNOUS mean?

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What does EPIPETALOUS mean?

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Having stamens inserted on the Corolla (petals)

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What is a FILAMENT?

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The stamen of a flower has a filament with an anther on top.

33
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What does FREE CENTRAL mean?

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34
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What does GYNOECEUM mean?

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The FEMALE reproductive part of a flower

35
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What does HYPANTHIUM?

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Hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of calyx, corolla and stamens form a cup shaped tube.

36
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What does HYPOGYNOUS mean?

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37
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What is an IMPERFECT flower?

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An IMPERFECT flower has male sex organs OR female sex organs but NOT BOTH

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What is an IRREGULAR flower?

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A flower which one or more members of a whorl, or several whorls differ from the others.

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What is a LOCULE?

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Chambers within the ovary in flowers and fruits. LOCULES contain ovules or SEEDS

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What does MONADELPHOUS mean?

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Stamens are fused together and anthers are free

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What does MONOECIOUS mean?

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Have both male AND female reproductuve organs in same plant

42
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What is a NECTAR SPUR?

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Is a hollow extension from a part of flower like sepals, petals or hypanthium that contains secrete NECTAR

43
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What is an OVARY?

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Enlarged basal portion of the PISTIL, the female organ of a flower

44
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What is an OVULE?

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Plant structure that develops into a seed when fertilized

45
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What does PARIETAL mean?

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Ovules develop on the INNER wall of ovary

46
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What does PERFECT mean in plant taxonomy?

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A perfect flower or bisexual flower has BOTH stamens and carpels

47
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What does PERIANTH mean?

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Perianth is a non-reproductive structure that holds sexual organs in a flower made of CALYX and COROLLA

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What does PERIGYNOUS mean?

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When STAMEN and CARPEL at the SAME kevel in the flower

49
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What is a PETAL?

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Petals are called the COROLLA. Petals are colored to attract pollenators and protect the organs. They have NO reproductive ability

50
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What is a PISTIL?

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Is the FEMALE reproductive part of a flower containing OVARY, STYLE and STIGMA

51
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What is a RECEPTACLE?

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The part of the flower stalk where flower parts are attached

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What is a REGULAR flower?

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A radially SYMMECTRIC flower. All of the members (parts like petals) are similar in shape and size.

53
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What are SEPALS?

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They are small green, leaf like structures that protect the flower when in bud stage and support petals when flower in bloom

54
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What is a SIMPLE flower?

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Simple or primitive flowers usually have many sepals, petals, stamens and pistils, while more advanced flowers have less of each and are usually fused together.

55
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What are STAMEN?

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The male fertilizing organ of a flower consisting of an anther ( contains pollen) and a filament.

56
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What is a STIGMA?

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The part of the flower where the POLLEN GERMINATES

57
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What is the STYLE?

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The tube-like structure that HOLDS UP STIGMA

58
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What are the TEPALS?

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59
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What is ZYGOMORPHIC?

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