Unit 2 Part 6 | Life Cycles (Angiosperms) | Biodiversity

Anthophyta

flowering plants / angiosperms

Fruit dispersal

occurs when animals eat a specific part of the angiosperm but don't digest the seeds, therefore spreading them

Dry fruit

a fruit type where at maturity the pericarp becomes dehydrated and hardened often for protection of the seed within

Fleshy fruits

Seeds within accessory parts developed into succulent tissue

Cotyledon

seed leaf

Monocotyledon

a plant that has a single cotyledon or seed-leaf

Eudicotyledon

a plant that has multiple cotyledon or seed-leaves

Carpel

The female reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary.

Sepal

A leaflike structure that encloses the bud of a flower.

Petal

A colorful, leaflike structure of some flowers.

Filament

Supports the anther

Stamen

Male part of the flower

Anther

the part of a stamen that contains the pollen.

Microsporocytes

microspore mother cells

Ovary

In flowers, the portion of a carpel in which the egg-containing ovules develop.

Style

The stalk of a flower's carpel, with the ovary at the base and the stigma at the top.

Stigma

At the end of a carpel's style