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Primary growth
The growth that occurs close to the tips of roots and stems, initiated by apical meristems and involved in extending the plant body.
Secondary growth
Additional growth that thickens the stem and root caused by activity in lateral meristems.
Vascular tissue system
Conductive tissues such as xylem and phloem embedded in the ground tissue system.
Tracheary elements
Conducting cells of the xylem with distinctive lignified wall thickenings.
Tracheids
The only type of water conducting cells in most vascular plants, other than angiosperms and gnetophytes.
Vessel elements
Principal water-conducting cells in angiosperms, evolved independently in several groups of vascular plants due to convergent evolution.
Sieve elements
Conducting cells of the phloem with soft walls.
Protostelic
A simple primitive arrangement of conductive tissue in stems and roots, consisting of a solid cylinder of xylem surrounded by phloem.
Microphylls
Leaves with a small vascular bundle, consisting of a single strand of vascular tissues.
Homosporous
Producing only one kind of spore.
Heterosporous
Producing two types of spores and sporangia.
Ligule
A specialized basal cell, a scale-like outgrowth near the base of the upper surface of each microphyll and sporophyll (unknown usage).
Corm
A short compact underground stem.
CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) photosynthesis
A photosynthetic pathway where plants take up CO2 from substrates and join it with PEP to form acids.
Monopodial branching
A branching pattern where a single major axis is present, not dichotomously branched.
Sporangia
Structures(2n) that produce spores(N)
Strobili
Cones or compact groups of sporangia found on the stems. Found in Lycopodiophyta and Equiseophyta
Fronds
Leaves that consist of a divided blade and petiole.
Pinnae
Little leaflets that make up a compound leaf.
Sori
Compact groups of sporangia found on the underside of leaves.
Indusium
A protective covering of sori.
Prothallus
The gametophyte stage of ferns, containing archegonium and antheridia.
silurian
Period when vascular plants appeared on the fossil record
carboniferous
period that was dominted by land plates, namely lycopods
Tracheids
primitive water conducting cells in most vascular plants
only type in most vascular plants, other than angiosperms and gnetophytes
tracherary elements
conducting cells of the xylem with distinctive lignigied wall thickenings
vessels elements
principal water-conducting cells in angiosperms
Evolved independently in several groups of vascular plants due to convergent evolution
Lycopodiophyta
phylum of Club mosses, spike mosses, quill worts
vascular plants with a sporophyte that exhibits dichotomous branching
contains microphylls
a single strand of vascular tissue present
vascular tissue in the center of the stem
sporangia in the axils (on top) of microphylls
biflagellate or multiflagellate
dominated during the late Devonian to carboniferous period
microphylls
leaves witha small vascular bundle
a single strand of vasular tissue
dichotomous branching
the dicision or forking of an axis into two branches
Monoecious
Having female and male reproductive structures on the same plant.
Dioecious
Having female and male reproductive structures on separate plants.
Synoecious
Having male and female organs in the same flower or receptacle.
Zygomorphic
Bilaterally symmetric. Flower can be divided into 2 equal halved along only 1 plane
Circinate vernation
The unrolling of leaves as plants mature, found in ferns and cycads.
Cotyledon
Seed leaves.
Dichotomous venation
Veins fork by twos extending from a common point forming a "y" pattern fanning out in leaves.
Tunica
The organization of the shoot apex consisting of one or more peripheral layers of cells and interior.
Reticulate venation
Veins form a network-like pattern in leaves.
Gymnosperms
Seed plants with naked seeds, about 1079 species.
Angiosperms
Seed plants with seeds inside additional structures, retention of the megaspore, and all seed plants are heterosporous.
Seed
A fertilized reproductive structure consisting of three parts of a plant life cycle:mother sporophyte covering/integument (2n), nutritive megagametophyte (n), and zygote (2n).
Ovule
The non-fertilized unit of a seed, consisting of an integument and a micropyle.
Micropyle
A small opening in the integument to the megasporangium.
Cycadophyta
A phylum of gymnosperms with 337 species, pinnately divided leaves with circinate vernation, and vascular tissue located in eustele.
→ reproduction located In cones
Ginkgophyta
A phylum of gymnosperms with a single extant species (Ginkgo biloba), dioecious, and leaves with dichotomous venation.
contain long and short shoots
ovules/seeds In stalked pairs
sperm is flagellated
Gnetophyta
A phylum of gymnosperms with male and female cones associated with one another, vessel present in wood, and mostly dioecious.
mostly dioecious
Ephedra
A genus in the phylum Gnetophyta, a source of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and other stimulants, and leaves are opposite or whorls.
→ mostly dioecious
→ bracts under micro and megasporangia
→ pollen germinates directly onto megagametophyte
Gnetum
A genus in the phylum Gnetophyta with leaves opposite, cone/strobilus divided into conspicuous nodes and internodes, and morphologically similar to angiosperms.
Welwitschia
A genus in the phylum Gnetophyta with one species in the Namib Desert of Angola and Namibia, producing two leaves that grow indefinitely, and dioecious.
→ cones on branched stalks
Anthophyte Hypothesis
A hypothesis proposing that gnetophytes are the sister group of angiosperms, based on morphological evidence such as the presence of vessels in xylem and similarities in shoot apical meristems and double fertilization.
Coniferophyta
A phylum of gymnosperms dominant in the largest forests of the world, with woody plants, needle-like leaves, and mostly monoecious’
→male gametes lack flagella
→megaspore division to form gametophyte occurs within the sporgangia
Angiosperms
Flowering plants with flowers, fruits, vessels, embryo sac, and double fertilization.
Monocots
A group of angiosperms with
flowering parts in threes,
one cotyledon,
monocolpate pollen
parallel venation, scattered vascular bundles,
and herbaceous.
Eudicots
A group of angiosperms with
two cotyledons,
tricolpate pollen
flower parts in fours or fives,
reticulate venation, outer ring vascular bundles
reduction and fusion of parts
ex: roses, oaks, mints, tomatoes, sunflowers
Magnoliids
A group of angiosperms with
flower parts in spirals or threes,
monocolpate pollen
2 cotyledons,
reticulate venation, vascular bundles in outer ring
and ethereal oils.
ex: magnolia, bay, sassafras, black pepper
Stamen
The male reproductive structure of a flower, consisting of an anther and filament.
Pistil/Fruit
The female reproductive structure of a flower, consisting of a stigma, style, and ovary.
Apocarpous
Multiple free pistils in a flower.
Syncarpous
Pistils fused together to form a single pistil.
Megasporangium
The ovule-oriented structure within the pistil that contains the megasporangia.
Ovary Superior
An ovary attached to the receptacle above the attachment of other floral parts.
Flower Hypogynous
Sepals, petals, and stamens attached to the receptacle below the ovary.
Flower Perigynous
Sepals, petals, and stamens attached to the margin of a cup-shaped extension of the receptacle (hypanthium).
Ovary Inferior
An ovary that sits below the point of attachment for the other parts of the flower.
Flower Epigynous
Sepals, petals, and stamens grow from the top of the ovary.
Hypanthium
The floral cup of a flower.
Generative cell
One of the two cells formed by the division of the generative cell of a pollen grain upon germination on the stigma. It will further divide to form two sperm nuclei.
Vegetative cell
One of the two cells formed by the division of the generative cell of a pollen grain upon germination on the stigma. It does not participate in fertilization.
Alternation of Generations
The life cycle of an angiosperm where there is a alternation between a diploid sporophyte generation and a haploid gametophyte generation.
Pollination
The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma in angiosperms.
Abiotic pollination
Pollination that occurs through the use of wind, water, or gravity.
Biotic pollination
Pollination that occurs through the transfer of pollen by animals such as bees, wasps, butterflies, and beetles.
Nectar
A sweet liquid produced by flowers that serves as a food source for pollinators.
Pollination Syndromes
Patterns that exist between specific floral traits and the types of pollinators they attract.
Bees and Wasps
Pollinators attracted to flowers that are yellow and blue, often with UV lines.
Flies and Beetles
Pollinators attracted to flowers with bad smells, such as rotting or dead scents.
Butterflies
Pollinators attracted to bright flowers, especially those that are red, yellow, or white, with a landing platform.
Moths
Pollinators attracted to dusk or night-blooming flowers with a heavy sweet scent.
Bats
Pollinators attracted to broad flowers with lots of stamen, typically dusk or night-blooming.
Birds
Pollinators attracted to red, tubular flowers with lots of nectar and little to no odor.
Water pollination
Pollination that occurs in aquatic plants, where pollen floats to the top of the water and is carried to other flowers.
Fruit/Seed Dispersal
The process by which fruits or seeds are spread away from the parent plant.
Orchidaceae
A family of flowering plants characterized by having monocot flowers with an inferior ovary and zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetric) flowers. They often rely on specific pollinators for successful reproduction.
Asteraceae
The sunflower family, the largest flowering family, characterized by having eudicot flowers with an inferior ovary. The flowers are partially radially symmetric and partly bilateral, and are often clustered into heads or landing pads.
inetgument
prtotective convering of the seed
ovule
a nonfertilized female reproductive unit is called
heterosporous
are seed plants heterosporous or homosporous
Eustele
vascular tissue in Cycadophyta is locted in sepeparete bundles around the edge of the stem, called the
Vessels in wood
each megasporangium is surronded by two parts
shoot apical meristems
double fertilization
no archegonia
Similarites of gymnosperms and angiosperms
Phylum Coniferophyta
cedars, yews. Douglas firs, cypress, firs, junipers, and pines
pariental
type of syncarpous flower where pistils are found in the side of the wall
ex: pumpkin
Axile
type of syncarpous flower, where carpels are on central walls
free central
type of syncarpous flower where carpls are attached to a flagpole inside the flower
Embryo Sac
in angiosperms, the reduction of the female gametophyte to 7 cells and 8 nuclei bodies
Monocolplate
pollen morph where grains have a single germinal furrow
→ pollen tube only coems out of this segment, meaning the pollen has to land exaclty so to pollinate
found in Magnoliids and Monocots
tricolplate
pollen with three aperatures, equally spaced and parallel to the polar axis
eusteles
vascular bundles of phloem and xylem strands with parenchyma cells between bundles
→ found in dicots and some gynmnosperms
Monocots
which classification of angisperms have vascular tissue scattered through the stem
Pinus longaeva
bristlecone pine
oldest individual