test 4 Flashcards
what is centrepetal development?
development moving toward the center.
what is centerfugal development?
development moving away from the center.
what is connation?
the fusion of like parts
what is adnation?
the fusion of unlike parts
what is a pengilus flower?
a flower that hangs upside-down.
what is an erect flower?
a flower that stands up straight
what is the corona?
a composite structure of petals and stamen.
what are staminal corona?
tissues that lack a true identity
in milkweed what whorl consists of the horn and the hood?
the corona
what is the gynostegium?
fused androecial and gynoecial tissues.
what is herkogamy?
the separation of sexes in space
what are the types of symmetry in flowers?
radial, disymmetry, asymmetry, bilateral symmetry.
what is a bracteol?
a brach that grows out from right below a flower.
what is the capitulum?
many small structures that are whorled that are individual flowers.
What is Cleistogamy
there are flowers that are made that never open.
what is the testa?
the seed coat
what is the hilum?
a space on the seed in which the finiculus is removed from
what is the retention of the megaspores?
the major evolution of seeds as megasporangium no longer releases megaspores.
in the evolution of seeds to how many are megaspores reduced to?
1
how many integument layers are in gymnosperms?
1
how many archegonia are in an ovule?
2
flowers always develop into what?
Fruits
what is a fruit?
a seed bearing structure of a plant that is meant to be eaten.
what is a seed?
a hard coat that protects and helps to propigate a seedling.
what is a dry fruit?
a fruit that is dry at maturity
what is a fleshy fruit?
a fruit that is not dry at maturity and has edible “flesh”
what are simple fruits?
fruits that are derived from a single carpel, and are free from other carpels at maturity.
there are seven fruit types of simple fruits, what are they?
achene, berry, capsule, follicle, legume, schizocarp, and pome.
what is an achene?
a dry, indehiscent fruit containing one seed.
what is indehiscence?
a seed that doesent open on their own.
what are achenes?
nuts, caryopsis, utricle, and synconium.