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Biology20: Elementary Botany (Lecture) > Stems And Leaves > Flashcards

Stems And Leaves Flashcards

1
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Above ground portion of plant

Includes stems, leaves, buds, flowers and fruits

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Shoot

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2
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Site of food production

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Leaves

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3
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Its function is conduction and support

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Stems

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4
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Initiated in embryo from epicotyl

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Shoot development

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5
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Where leaves arise; point of growth along a twig

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Nodes

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6
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Interval between nodes

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Internodes

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7
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Buds along the side; aka lateral buds

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Axillary

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8
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Buds at the end of twig

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Terminal buds

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9
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It determines age of twig

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Bud scale scar

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10
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Functions of stem

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Support, produce carbohydrates, store materials, transport water

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Types of stems

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Herbaceous, woody, caulescent, acaulescent, aerial (erect, prostrate, decumbent, caespitose, scandent, scampose), underground

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12
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Type of stem that is soft green and short lived ex: tomato

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Herbaceous

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13
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Type of stem that’s hard brown and long lived

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Woody

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14
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Type of stem w/ nodes and internodes

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Caulescent

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15
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Type of stem with compressed indistinguishable nodes and internodes. Looks stemless. ex: lettuce

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Acaulescent

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16
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Type of stem that has a normal growth under the sun

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Erect

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17
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Horizontal shoot flushed to the ground

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Prostrate

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18
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Horizontal shoot that’s not flushed to the ground

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Decumbent

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Twining stem; vine like (ex: ampalaya)

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Scandent

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21
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Acaulescent inerect leafless flowering stalk

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Scapose

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22
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Underground stems; are also modified stems for storage

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Rhizome, tuber, corm

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23
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Underground stem that is horizontal, elongated often thick and fleshy

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Rhizome

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24
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Like a rhizome but compressed and enlarged

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Tuber

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25
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Underground stem that’s vertical compressed

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Corm

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26
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Product of apical meristem including dermal ground and vascular tissues

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Primary stem

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28
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Modified stem that reproduces asexually

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Stolon/Runner

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29
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Modified stem that is for support

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Tendrils

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30
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Modified stem that looks like leaf

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Cladophylls

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31
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Modified stem that is for protection

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Thorn

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32
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Modified stem that contain water

37
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Reservoir of food

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Phelloderm

38
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Part of periderm that is for gas exhange

39
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Leaves function

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Solar energy and CO2 collector

40
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Origin of leaves

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Leaf primordium of shoot apex

42
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External anatomy of leaves

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Blade (lamina), margin (edge), veins, petiole, stipules (2 appendages that serves for protection)

42
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Type of stem that produces multiple shoots, forming tufts or cushions

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Caespitose

43
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Two appendages at the base of the petioles

43
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3 main tissues of of primary meristem

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Epidermis, ground tissue, vascular bundle

44
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Arrangement of leaves; purpose: for all leave to get sun light

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Phyllotaxy

44
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All plants have ____ growth

45
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Different phyllotaxy of leaves

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Opposite, alternate, whorled, basal, distichous, decussate

45
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Only ______ can have secondary growth

46
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Two types of leaves

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Simple and compound

46
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Secondary growth is responsible for ________

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Increase in girth, size and volume, woodiness

47
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Leaf type that has an undivided blade with a single axillary bud at the base of the petiole

47
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_______ never have secondary growth

48
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Divided into leaflets that lack an auxiliary bud but each has a single bud at the base of the petiole

48
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Outer edge

49
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Lateral root

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Endogenous

50
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Type of compound leaf; PAIRS attached along a circle rachis

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Pinnately compound

51
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Type of compound leaf; leaflets attached at same point at end of petiole

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Palmately compound

52
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Another type of leaf where petioles are in the middle of the blade

53
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Leaves are pierced by stems

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Perfoliate

54
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Arrangement of veins

55
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Has one or few prominent midveins from w/c smaller veins branch; dicots

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Netted or reticulate

56
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Two types of netted vein

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Pinnately (main vein/midrib) or palmately veined (veins radicate out of base)

57
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Type of venation common to monocots

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Parallel venation

58
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Venation whete there is no midrib; individual veins fork out of base; fanshaped

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Dichotomous

59
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Internal anatomy of vein

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Upper epidermis, palisade parenchyma, spongy parenchyma, lower epidermis

60
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Leaf where 2 sides are different

61
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Leaf where two sides are mirror images

62
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Cells that are bigger and have a special purpose

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Buliform cells

63
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Modified leaves

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Tendrils, shade leaves, drought resistant, prickles and thorns, storage/succulent, reproductive, insect trapping, bracts, window leaves, false stem leaves, flowerpot leaves

64
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Modified leaves that allow plant to cling; for support; reduced in size

65
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Modified leaves that are thinner, have fewer hairs and are LARGE

66
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Modified leaves that have thick sunken stomata

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Drought resistant

67
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Modified leaves that are epidermal outgrowths and are hypodermic trichomes

68
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Retain water

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Storage/succulent

69
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Modified leaves that have plantlets arising at its margin

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Reproductive

70
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Insect trapping leaves

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Venus fly trap or pitcher plants

71
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Modified leaves that are petal like

72
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Modified leaves that are buried in soul with transparent part exposed to light; also reduce water loss

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Window leaves

73
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Pseudo stem

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False stem leaves

74
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Modified leaves that catch water and debris for nutrient collection

Biology20: Elementary Botany (Lecture) (13 decks)

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