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

Angiosperms

flowering plants that produce seeds in fruit

Flower Structure

Sepals, Petals, Stamen, Carpel

Sepals

Petals

Stamen

Carpel

Staminate (Imperfect)

male flower

Carpelate (Imperfect)

female flower

Monoecious

having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal

Dioecious

Having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals

Antophyta

Flowering plant

Flowers Ensure Pollination (transfer of pollen) by:

Wind;

Insects (radiated with flowering plants);

Birds;

Mammals;

Water (less common)

Flowers and animal pollinators have coevolved to become a mutualistic interaction

Pollinators

Animals that carry pollen from one flower to another

Ovary

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

Ovary becomes

Fruit

Types of Fruits

Fleshy and Dry

Types of Fruits

simple, aggregate, multiple

Monocot