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Terms to Know Flashcards

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ANNUAL (plant lifespan)

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completes entire life-cycle in one year or less

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BIENNIAL (plant lifespan)

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living two years, typically flowering and fruiting in the second year

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PERENNIAL (plant lifespan)

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living 3 years or more

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HERBACEOUS (HERB) (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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non-woody, little or no above-ground perennial woody tissue

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WOODY (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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containing secondary xylem

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SHRUBBY (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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short woody plant with branched trunk

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ARBORESCENT (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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treelike woody plant

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NODE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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point of attachment of leaf to stem

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INTERNODE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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region of stem between nodes

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THORN (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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a modified stem (single or branched) e.g. citrus, bouganivillia

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SPINE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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modified leaf e.g. cacti

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PRICKLE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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modified epidermal tissue e.g. rose

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STOLON (RUNNER) (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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elongate horizontal above-ground stem that forms new plants at nodes

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ERECT (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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upright stem

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PROSTRATE (root and shoot system: above-ground stem types and conditions)

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lying on the ground

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FIBROUS ROOTS (root types)

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all roots about the same size, none is clearly dominant

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TAP ROOT (root types)

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one root is clearly dominant over the others

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BLADE (LAMINA) (leaf parts)

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flattened/expanded portion of leaf

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PETIOLE (leaf parts)

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leaf stalk

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AXILLARY BUD (leaf parts)

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bud found in the angle between a leaf and a stem

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ALTERNATE (leaf arrangement)

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one leaf per node

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OPPOSITE (leaf arrangement)

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two leaves at a node

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WHORLED (leaf arrangement)

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3 or more leaves at a node

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SIMPLE LEAF (leaf arrangement)

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leaf represented by a single blade

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COMPOUND LEAF (leaf arrangement)

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leaf divided into two or more discrete segments (leaflets)

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LEAFLET (leaf arrangement)

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one segment of a compound leaf

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PINNATELY-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)

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rachis present in compound leaf

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PALMATELY-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)

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leaflets of compound leaf radiate from the apex of the petiole, no rachis present

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ONCE-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)

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blade is divided once into first-order leaflets

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TWICE-COMPOUND (leaf arrangement)

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blade is divided twice into second-order leaflets (1st order leaflets are further divided)

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ENTIRE (leaf margins)

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margin smooth

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LOBED (leaf margins)

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with large rounded projections

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DENTATE (leaf margins)

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with angular teeth directed at right angles to the margin

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SERRATE (leaf margins)

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teeth pointing forward

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PARALLEL (venation of leaves)

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several to many veins of approximately the same size run parallel along the blade

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PINNATE (venation of leaves)

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prominent midvein with parallel primary veins arising at either side along the midvein

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PALMATE (venation of leaves)

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major veins radiate from a common point; no obvious midvein

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COMPLETE (flowers: types and conditions)

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with all 4 whorls

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PERFECT (flowers: types and conditions)

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with both male and female parts, bisexual

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STAMINATE (flowers: types and conditions)

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an imperfect male-only flower

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PISTILLATE (flowers: types and conditions)

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an imperfect female-only flower

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MONOECIOUS (flowers: types and conditions)

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a species in which individual plants bear both staminate and pistillate (but not perfect) flowers

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DIOECIOUS (flowers: types and conditions)

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species with separate staminate and pistillate plants

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ACTINOMORPHIC (RADIAL)

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symmetrical about more than 2 planes (like a wheel)

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ZYGOMORPHIC (BILATERAL)

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bisymmetric, with two main planes of symmetry e.g. Dicentra, monkey flowers

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CONNATE

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fusion of like parts e.g. petals fused to each other

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ADNATE (flowers: types and conditions)

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fusion of unlike parts e.g. stamens to petals

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SEPAL (flower parts)

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outer whorl of complete flower

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CALYX (flower parts)

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whorl of sepals

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PETAL (flower parts)

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the inner whorl of the perianth, typically showy

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COROLLA (flower parts)

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whorl of petals

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PERIANTH (flower parts)

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petals and sepals (tepals=when petals and sepals are indistinguishable and form only 1 whorl)

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STAMEN (flower parts)

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male part of flower; tip=anther, stalk=filament

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PISTIL (flower parts)

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female flower part; base=ovary, stalk=style, tip=stigma

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CARPEL (flower parts)

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a single stigma, style, and placenta. One pistil may compromise > 1 carpel and is then called a compound pistil.

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OVULE (flower parts)

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immature seed

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PEDICEL (inflorescence parts)

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supporting stalk of an individual flower

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PEDUNCLE (inflorescence parts)

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supporting stalk of inflorescence

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TERMINAL (inflorescence parts)

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flower at the apex of flowering stalk

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SPIKE (inflorescence type)

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an elongate inflorescence

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RACEME (inflorescence type)

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elongate indeterminate inflorescence of pedicellate flowers on an unbranched rachis

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UMBEL (inflorescence type)

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a flat-topped or rounded inflorescence in which all pedicels arise from asingle point at the apex of the peduncle.

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PANICLE (inflorescence type)

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an elongate inflorescence with branched stalks arising from rachis

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