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Plants Flashcards

1
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Nicotiana tabacum is grown commercially in many countries and its leaves are processed into which product?

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TOBACCO

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What is the alternative name of the Chinese gooseberry which is grown as a commercial crop in several countries including New Zealand?

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KIWIFRUIT

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The name of which genus of plants commonly known as the daffodil may be linked to the myth of a hunter who became so obsessed with his own reflection in water that he drowned?

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NARCISSUS

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What is the common name of the nut-like seeds of the horse-chestnut tree?

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CONKERS

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One of the first bulbs to bloom in spring which garden flower (Galanthus nivalus) is known as the “fair maid of February” and “Candlemass bells”?

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SNOWDROP

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Cavendish is the main commercial cultivar of which large herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Musa?

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BANANA

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Many species of which genus of flowering trees and shrubs native to Australia are known as gum trees?

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EUCALYPTUS

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Which hemiparasitic shrub (Viscum album) which grows on the stems of other trees has a significant role in European mythology legends and customs?

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MISTLETOE

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What species of tree is General Sherman located in California and by volume the largest known living single stem tree on Earth?

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GIANT SEQUIOA (OR GIANT REDWOOD)

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The name of which tree (Persea americana) native to Mexico refers to the tree’s fruit and is derived from a Nahuatl word meaning “testicle”?

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AVOCADO (OR ALLIGATOR PEAR)

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What is the common name of the tree Yucca brevifolia which is native to the Mojave Desert? The plant can be seen on the artwork of a 1987 album of the same name.

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JOSHUA TREE

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12
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The monkey puzzle tree is native to which continent?

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SOUTH AMERICA

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Which genus of plants named after a 16th century German botanist has decorative flowers with a pendulous ‘teardrop’ shape that are pollinated by hummingbirds?

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FUSCHIA

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What name is given to a plant that lives for more than two years?

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PERENNIAL

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Which conifers in the genus Larix are deciduous trees that lose their leaves in the autumn?

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LARCHES

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The bark of which evergreen tree belonging to the family Lauracea is widely used as a spice in many dessert recipes?

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CINNAMON

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Which moorland plant (genus Pteridium) is the most common fern in the UK?

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BRACKEN

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18
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Which tropical plant with edible fruit (Ananas comosus) is the most economically significant bromeliad?

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PINEAPPLE

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The H. Macrophylla and H. Serrata cultivars of which flowering plant produce blue flowers in acid soil and pink flowers in alkaline soil?

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HYDRANGEA

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What colour are the flowers of the poinsettia plant?

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YELLOW

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21
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Which aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes is obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia?

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FRANKINCENSE

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Lady’s slipper fairy slipper tongue and bee are all members of which family of flowering plants which has over 20000 species?

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ORCHID

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Which conifer (Taxus baccata) is often found in churchyards and was used to make longbows?

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(ENGLISH OR EUROPEAN) YEW

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What is the common name of a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus?

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OAK

25
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Which flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world is also known as the corpse flower as it smells like a rotting animal?

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TITAN ARUM

26
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Which genus of flowering plants named after a British statesman has the largest single flower of any flowering plant and is also known as the corpse flower as it smells like a rotting animal?

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RAFFLESIA

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Flower extracts of which herb with pink or white flowers were used as a perfume in the 16th century? Today it is a popular herbal medicine used for treating insomnia.

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VALERIAN

28
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Which large deciduous tree (Tectonagrandis) that occurs in mixed hardwood forests in southern Asia is valued for its durability and water resistance?

A

TEAK

29
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What is the common name of the household indoor plants in the genus Saintpaulia that are native to Tanzania and Kenya?

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AFRICAN VIOLETS

30
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Known as the cast-iron plant because it is tolerant of neglect which houseplant appears in the title of a novel by George Orwell and a wartime classic sung by Gracie Fields?

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ASPIDESTRA

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Which genus of South American climbing shrubs with colorful bracts is named after a French admiral and explorer who also has an island in the South Pacific Ocean named after him?

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BOUGAINVILLEA

32
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The mature fruit of which palm endemic to the Seychelles contains the largest seed in the plant kingdom?

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COCO DE MER (LODOICEA)

33
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Which cactus is well known for its psychoactive alkaloids particularly mescaline?

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PEYOTE

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What name used to refer to all land plants that are non-vascular plants i.e. The mosses hornworts and liverworts?

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BRYOPHYTES

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Members of which genus of South African flowering plants are also known as sugarbushes?

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PROTEAS

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Which weed (Anagallis arvensis) whose flowers only open when the sun shines is also known as poor man’s weather-glass or shepherd’s clock?

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SCARLET PIMPERNEL

37
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Onion garlic scallion shallot leek and chives are all members of which genus of flowering plants?

A

ALLIUM

38
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Certain species of which large member of the grass family can grow 91cm in a day?

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BAMBOO

39
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Flowers in which genus of plants are commonly known as snapdragons or dragon flowers?

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ANTIRRHINUM

40
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Rhubarb leaves are poisonous due to the presence of which acid with the formula C2H2O4?

A

OXALIC ACID

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Which tree which is often found in urban areas as it is very tolerant of atmospheric pollution is thought to be a hybrid of the American sycamore and another tree in the same genus?

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LONDON PLANE

42
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Also known as the maidenhair tree which living fossil is classified in its own division and is native to China?

A

GINKGO

43
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Which genus within the rose family includes the plums cherries peaches nectarines apricots and almonds?

A

PRUNUS

44
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The globe artichoke is a variety of a species of which plant in the Cynareae tribe?

A

THISTLE

45
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Which common wild flower (Jacobaea vulgaris) best known as the food of caterpillars of the cinnabar moth contains many different alkaloids making it poisonous to certain animals?

A

RAGWORT

46
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Named after a queen and the river to which it is native what is the largest water lily in the world which has leaves of up to 3 m in diameter?

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VICTORIA AMAZONICA

47
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The Venus flytrap is native only to subtropical wetlands in two states in the USA. Name either of the states.

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NORTH CAROLINA OR SOUTH CAROLINA

48
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Which family of flowering plants with over 30000 species is sometimes referred to as the daisy composite or sunflower family?

A

ASTERACEAE

49
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Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within which family of plants?

A

BUTTERCUP (RANUNCULACEAE)

50
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Which ancient genus of over 200 plant species is named after a French botanist who was the first to publish the concept of plant families as they are understood today? Fossilised specimens have been found dating to 20 million years ago.

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MAGNOLIA

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