Plants - Seeding

Question 0

Orchidaceae

Answer 0

Flowers in 3’s
Form is extremely variable
Seeds are numerous and small
Grow from pseudobulbs

Question 1

Liliaceae

Answer 1

Flowers in 3’s
Tepals
Bloom from a bulb
Flashy colors

Question 2

Poaceae

Answer 2

Flowers in 3’s
Leaves occur on opposing sides
Swollen nodes
example… wheat

Question 3

Magnoliaceae

Answer 3

Flower petals are in a spiral form.

Question 4

Nymphaeaceae

Answer 4

Aquatic Herbs

example… lily pad type plants

Question 5

Amborella

Answer 5

Found only in New Caledonia

Said to be most primitive angiosperm

Question 6

Asteraceae

Answer 6

Flowers in 5’s

The “petals” are actually individual flowers attached to the center.

Question 7

Rosaceae

Answer 7

Petals and sepals in 5’s

Numerous carpels and stamen

Question 8

Brassicaceae

Answer 8

4 sepals and petals

2 short and 4 long stamens

Question 9

Fabaceae

Answer 9

5 sepals and petals

Petals are wing-like

Question 10

Cycadophyta

Answer 10

Cycads - small palm tree shaped with two types of cones for male and female cells.

Question 11

Ginkophyta

Answer 11

Fan-like leaves
Only one species left - Ginko biloba
Decomposing seeds are smelly

Question 12

Gnetophyta

Answer 12

Tropical or desert plants

Question 13

Coniferophyta

Answer 13

Trees like pines, redwoods, sequoia

Many are evergreens