Test 2 Flashcards
apical meristem becomes
flower
angiosperms
monocots and dicots
4 sets of leaf primordia (4 whorls)
sepals
petal
stamen
pistil
sepals
leaf primordia modified for protecting inside (surround petals)
calyx
sepals together
petal
colored to attract pollinator
corolla
petals together
stamen
boy part
produce pollen which contains sperm
anther and filament
anther
produces pollen
filament
support
androecium
stamen together
pistil
female parts
has eggs
ovary, style, and stigma
gynoecium
pistils together
ovary
where eggs are produced
style
support
stigma
bulb
perianth
sepals and petals together
complete flower
has all 4 whorls
incomplete flower
lacks at least 1 of 4 whorls
perfect flower
has both male and female parts
imperfect flower
has only male or female parts (entirely male or entirely female)
staminate
entirely male flower (imperfect)
pistillate
entirely female flower (imperfect)
monoecious plant
male and female all on 1 plant
corn
dyoecious plant
2 separate plants
1 male plant and 1 female plant
marijuana
inflorescences
flowers on the branches
pollination
act of moving pollen to receptive location
self-pollination
flower that can accept its own pollen
cross-pollination
leads to more variety of genes
plants have biochemical blocks (rejects its own pollen)
if its own pollen lands on it, it won’t grow
pollination vectors
means by which pollen gets where it needs to go
kinds of pollination vectors
animal
inanimate
kinds of animal pollination
insects
birds
bats
kinds of insect pollination
beetles bees butterflies moths flies
beetles means of pollination
crawlers and chewers
beetle pollinated flowers=large (southern magnolia)
don’t respond to color much
beetles want nectar
possible reason for inferior ovary
beetle damage
coevolution of flowers
crude insects (beetles) evolved with old flowers sophisticated insects (bees) evolved with sophisticated flowers
bees means of pollination
fly and land on flowers (landing platform)
responsive to color (see contrast between light outside and dark inside–nectar guide)
when bee lands on landing platform in pulls stamen down and hits them on head leaving pollen
constancy
as long as nectar holds out bees will continue to go back to same flowers
butterflies means of pollination
day fliers (land on edge of flower) ROY flowers stick tongue down to get nectar
moths
night fliers (hover, don't land) bright white flowers, open at night, and tube like
flies means of pollination
like bad scents
bird pollination
hummingbirds
like nectar from same flowers as butterflies (ROY)
color attracts them because they can’t smell
bat pollination
not technically blind but don’t see well
nocturnal
white, large, open at night, with certain smell (fruity/overripe fruit)
land in flower and eat nectar and pollen
desert (cactus) and rainforests use bat pollination
types of inanimate pollination
wind
water
wind pollination
end up at correct place by mere chance
flower has no smell or color (produces as much pollen as possible instead)
typically imperfect
reproduce by catkins (male flowers on wand hanging down with a few female flowers at end) –pine trees
takes place before canopy is set
occurs with trees growing in blocks (pollen travels next door)
water pollination
ex: valisneria
1. female attached by root to part underwater and male floats up (not attached)
2. male and female come together for pollination
3. male floats off and female pulled under
radial symmetry
petals all the same size
bilateral symmetry
one bigger petal (landing platform)
hypogynous with superior ovary
ovary above
apples, pears
perigynous with superior ovary
ovary sitting in open cup (not fused) above other parts pit fruits (peaches, plums)
epigynous with inferior ovary
ovary attached to cup
below other parts
hypanthium surrounds ovary
microsporocytes
pollen sacs
beginning cells
make pollen
diploid
anther fertilization
- pollen sacs (microsporocytes) undergo meiosis (now have 4n microspores)
- 4 microspore divide mitotically to give 8n (pollen grains)
cell walls of pollen grains
- intine (inner): made of cellulose
2. exine (outer): made of sporopollenin (very tough)
pollen grains
generative cell (splits and forms 2 sperm cells) tube cell (leads way down to ovary--drills down)
ovary fertilization
- egg divides meiotically
- 3 spores closest to gap abort (1 functional megaspore)
- undergoes 3 mitoses (8 products)
- 1 cell from each side moves to the middle (3 on each side and 2 in the middle)
- separate tube and generative cells come down to ovary through pollen tube (tube cell aborts when it reaches ovary)
- 2 sperm in generative cell (one joins egg to form embryo, other joins polar nuclei to give endosperm)
- embryo surrounded by endosperm with thick seed coat (seed in fruit) all inside ovary (whole thing becomes fruit)
berry
fleshy pericarp
ovary wall fleshy and containing 1+ carpels and seeds
simple
blueberries, grapes, cranberries, tomato, peppers, etc
pepo
berry with ovary wall a hard rind
simple
watermelon, pumpkins, all melons
separate male and female parts on same plant
hesperidium
berry with ovary wall a leathery rind
simple
oranges, lemons, limes (citrus)
drupe
only a portion of pericarp fleshy
simple
exocarp thin, mesocarp fleshy, endocarp stony, single seed and carpel
avocado, plum, peach, apricot, nectarine, coconut, etc.
pome
outer portion of pericarp fleshy inner portion papery floral tube fleshy several seeds and carpels apples, pears, pomegranetes
types with fleshy pericarp
simple
types with dry pericarp
dehiscent and indehiscent
simple
berry (pepo and hesperidium)
drupe
pome
dehiscent
*pops open at maturity* legume follicle capsule silique
indehiscent
*doesn't pop open at maturity* samara schizocarp caryopsis/grain nut achene
one-seeded indehiscent fruits
caryopsis/grain
nut
achene
legume
composed of 1 carpel
splits along 2 sutures
edamame, green beans, peas, peanuts (indehiscent)
follicle
composed of 1 carpel
splits along 1 suture
capsule
composed of 2+ carpels
dehiscing in 1 of 4 different ways
opium poppies, okra
silique
composed of 2 carpels
separate at maturity and leave a persistent partition wall
samara
pericarp bearing winglike growth
leaves of maple tree (spin down when they fall)
schizocarp
pericarp doesn’t bear winglike growth
2-many carpels
united when immature
split apart at maturity
caryopsis/grain
one carpel
if more doesn’t split apart at maturity
one seeded
corn, rice (carbs)