Exam 2 Plants

There are three main types of Fruit

1. Simple

2. Aggregate

3. Multiple

Simple Dehiscent Dry Fruits is made up of 3 types. Define them.

Legume: 1 carpel along 2 suture line

Follicle: 1 carpel along 1 suture line

Capsule: many carpels long various suture

Simple Indehiscent Dry Fruits have 5 kinds. Define them.

1. Achene:

2. Caryopis

3. Samara

4. Nut

5. Schizocarp

What is the difference between dehiscent and indehiscent seeds?

Dehiscent open after maturity and indehiscent does not.

Fleshy Fruit has three types of seeds. Define Them

Drupe: Exocarp becomes thin and mesocarp becomes fleshy (Mango)

Berry: multi-seeded, ovary wall is enlarged (grape)

Pome: accessory fruit, multiple carpal from same flower (apple)

Define Aggregate Fruit.

Formed by many pistils of the same flower (blackberry)

Define Multiple Fruit

Formed by pistils of many flowers

There is two types of fleshy berry. Define them.

1. Hesperidium: exocarp becomes leathery (lemon)

2. Pepo: exocarp becomes hard rind (watermelon)

What 6 traits define the ANITA?

Many parts per whorl

separate unsealed carpels

Follicle Stamen

No Vessels but yes trachids(water)

Pollen grains are single pored

There are two families in the ANITA group. Define them.

Amborellaceae: Apocarpic,

Nymphaeaceae: Syncarpic, aquatic, air cavities in leaves