study guide Flashcards
- Ericaceae and the plants found in that family
Vaccinium
blueberries
huckleberry
cranberries: the only member of the genus that grows in standing water
- Know difference between temperate climate and tropical climate
Factors that influence Temperate
Temperature
Photoperiod
Factors that influence Tropical
Wet Season–Summer
Dry Season–Winter
- Know Gene centers and Valilovs ideas behind he origin of cultivated plants
Gene centers: Where you could find the greatest number of varieties
where you could find wild relatives, are most likely the site of its origin
Southeast Asia Wherever you could find the greatest number of varieties of corn is likely where it originated
- Know De Candolle and his book Origin of Cultivated Plants.
DeCandolle: “The Origin of Cultivated Plants” he based his ideas on 4 things
Geography: of a plant would indicate its place of origin
Language:
archeaology
Written history
- Know the origin of farming, how old, where, how and why
When 10,000-8000
Where Fertile Cresent (North Africa)
How
Dump Heap Hypothesis: Ovre the course of many years early man had their own garbage(Dump Heap). Seeds in the Dump Heap caused plants to grow. Early man saw the early plants from the refuge.
Why
Carl Sawer: Non stress: Sawers says that weve always been couch potatoes. We want to do as little as possible. Man has always been a Sedentary (we like to stay in one place) He ties the sedentary nature to stress, which led to Population Pressure: and Climatic Change, man had to migrate south 10,000 years ago during the ICE Age for water.
Astist and Craftsman: We had craftman that were encouraged to do just that. Those who were good at certain things were good at just that.
- Know Carl Sauer’s ideas and Edgar Andersons ideas
Carl Sawer: Non stress: Sawers says that weve always been couch potatoes. We want to do as little as possible. Man has always been a Sedentary (we like to stay in one place) He ties the sedentary nature to stress, which led to Population Pressure: and Climatic Change, man had to migrate south 10,000 years ago during the ICE Age for water.
Edgar Anderson:
Dump Heap Hypothesis: Ovre the course of many years early man had their own garbage(Dump Heap). Seeds in the Dump Heap caused plants to grow. Early man saw the early plants from the refuge.
Citrus family know the types and their history as discussed in class
Oranges
Lemons:
commonly used to flavor other things
used mainly for the oil in the rye
Lemon oil is a main use
Limes:
one of the most distincive plants
high amount of vitamin C
Grapefruit:
Was produced in Barbados
- Know Anacardiaceae and the members of that family that we eat and those that are toxic.
We eat Mangos, Cashews, and pistachios
Rhus: poison ivy(toxic)
- Know the story of Capt. Bligh and bread fruit
Muting on the Bounty:
The name of the ship was Bounty
Captain Bligh
First Mate Fletcher Christion
They were sent to find Bread Fruit back to the Carribean/Jamaica
THe trees couldnt feed the population- Know the family cucurbitaceae and all of the fruits we talked about
Melon
Squash/Pumpkin: important to the Indians in North and South America
New World
A Monecious Vine
All members of this family produce a hesperidium
Native to the China region
Old world plants
The true ancestary is obscure- Know the family Lauraceae and all of the members we discussed.
Lauralus Nobilus: The original Bay leaf
Sassafras Albidium: File/rootbeer
Persea Palustris: occurs commonly in Acadiana: Bay leaf or Red Bay
Persea Americana : It produces Avacado
Avacado is an Aztec tree known as a testicale tree
- Know the term gumbo and its origin
Its an African word for okra.
Adopted by French people
part of Cajun cooking
- Know all about Olives, origin, use today, how made edible
Olea Europea- Olive
didnt become eadible until the 1900s
Sodium Hydroxide: gets rid of the bitter taste, after you expose the fruit to air the remaining sodium hydroxide turns the fruit to black
Originated in Europe
Tiller
one stem of a grass plant that are matured at the same time. Was one of the earliest selections
short stature
plants w/large seeds
