Term
| numbers of monocot petals |
|
Definition
| flower petals in multiples of 3 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| flower petals in multiples of 5 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- radial
- can be bisected along many planes |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- bilateral symmetry
- can only be bisected along one plane
- |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches
- the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| lack one or more of the four floral organs |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| modified leaves associated with influrescence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- lack both sepals and petals
- are flowers but they aren't showy because they don't attract pollinators |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| flowers atatched directly to stem, unbranched |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| also unbranched but the racemes have pedicles |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the stalk of an individual flower |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| multiple branched flowers on pedicles |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| flowers/pedicles all attached at same place on stems |
|
|
Term
compound umbel
(inflorescence) |
|
Definition
| attached at one place but then multiple flowers per pedicles |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| single flower is actually an entire influrescence--bunch of flowers that consist of petals which are big flowers attached around the edge, doesn't make fruit; attached to disc flowers in middle |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| special kind of spike because the flowers are unisexual--do not have both stamens and pistols--lots of trees are like this |
|
|
Term
| three ways to identify leaves: |
|
Definition
composition
arrangement
venation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- based on blade: photosynthetic part of leaf
- leaves may be simple or compound
- simple: leaves consist of a single undivided blade
- compound--the blade is subdivided into leaflets |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- indicates the number of leaves coming off a node
- alternate, opposite, whorled |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- commonly parallel in monocot leaves
- net in dicot leaves |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| small, blade is undivided ex. elm |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| blade is divided into leaflets, ex. pecan, buckeye |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| leaflets occur in a featherlike pattern |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| leaflets have a common attachment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| only one leaf is present at a node |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| two leaves occur at one node |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| three or more leaves are present at a node |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- usually on monocot leaves
- vascular bundles are arranged in parallel lines running the length of the blade |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- dicots
- vascular tissue is highly branched, forming a network throughout the blade
- ex. when leaves die, the lacy pattern that's left as they decompose |
|
|
