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DEF | Plant Taxonomy
Scientific system of naming plants and plant parts
What are the 4 ways we classify plants by their shape
line, form, mass, filler
What are the 4 main parts of a flower?
Petals, sepals, pistils, stamens
DEF | Petals
Showpiece of the flower
DEF | Corolla
All the petals together
DEF | Sepals
Outmost flower structure that encloses others while a bud {aka the calyx}
DEF | Pistils
Female reproductive part of the flower
DEF | Stamens
Male reproductive part of the flower
What are the 3 parts of the pistils
stigma, style, and ovary
What are the 2 parts of the stamens
filament and anther
DEF | Solitary Flowers
a single flower on an upright stem
DEF | inflorescence
Flower that is made up of several florets
DEF | Floret
One small flower that makes up the entire inflorescence
What are the 4 parts of inflorescence flower structures?
peduncle, pedicel, bract, spadix
DEF | Peduncle
the main supporting stalk or stem of an entire inflorescence
DEF | Pedicel
Lateral stem supporting a single flower on a floret
DEF | Bract
Modified leaf
DEF | spadix
spike of flowers on a swollen, fleshy axis usually surrounded by a colorful bract
DEF | spike
Attached to the main stem without a pedicle
what are the 3 types of lead nomenclature?
Scapose, simple leaf, compound leaf
DEF | scapose
Flowers with no leaves on the stem
DEF | Simple Leaf
a leaf that is not divided into parts
DEF | Compound Leaf
leaf that is divided into 2 or more leaflets
What are the 3 main parts of the leaf?
Blade, Petiole, stipules
DEF | Blade (leaf)
the leaf
DEF | Petiole (Leaf)
Stalk of the leaf
DEF | Stipules (leaf)
leaf lie appendages at the base of the stalk
What are the 3 main types of leaf veins?
Parallel, Pinnate, Palmate
DEF | Venation
Pattern of veins within a leaf blade
Who devised the scientific naming of plants?
Carl Linnaeus
When were scientific names of plants invented?
1700s
What language are plants names in?
Latin
What are the 2 parts of the naming system?
Genus and Epithet
DEF | Genus
general or generic name
DEF | Epithet
species name, precise description