Plantae Flashcards
Learn vocabulary and concepts associated with plants
Accessory fruit
Fruit formed from part of the tissues outside the ovary
Aggregate fruit
One flower with several independent carpels
(blackberry, rasberry)
Alkaloid
Secondary Metabolite Caffeine, nicotine, quinine
Anther
Part of stamen that produces and contains pollen
Antheridia
Structures that produce sperm
Apical meristems
Region of cells capable to division and growth in the root/shoot tips in plants
Archegonia
Structured that produce eggs
Auxin
Hormones important in root intiation (root growth) and directional growth
Bifacial vascular cambium
Tissues that promote wider plant growth
Found in secondary growth organisms
Carpel
Female reproductive organ of a flowering plant
Central cell
The middle and largest cell in the multicellular haploid female ovule
Chlorophyll
Green pigment in chloroplast that participates in photosynthesis light retrieval
Collenchyma
Provide structure to plant
Primary cell wall but tougher (still flexible)
Companion cell
A living cell that is partnered with a sieve tube in assisting with function of plant in phloemw
Determinate growth
Growth in which the structure has a set growth and form (leaves of plant)
Diploid
Two complete sets of chromosomes in an organism
Diploid fertilization
Fusion of two gametes through fertilization creating a diploid zygote
Embryo
Early stage in the development of eukaryotes
Filament
A stalk that suports the pollen bearing anther
Flower
Combination of reproductive and nonreproductive whorls
Fruit
A fleshy or ripened ovary of a flowering plant enclosing the seed(s)
Gametangia
An organ or cell in which gametes are produced
Gametes
A reproductive cell of an animal/plant
Gametophyte
Gamete-producing and usually haploid phase producing the zygote
Gibberellins
Hormones specifically for stem elongation and fruit growth
Haploid
A single set of unpaired chromosomes (n)
Heterospory
Modification where there are two sizes of spore
Develop into diff gametophyte
More specialization and greater dispersal
Homospory
Only one size of spore produced
One gametophyte
Hydroids
Evolved tissues for conducting water in endohydric organisms
Leptoids
Evolved tissues for conducting sugars in endohydric organisms