Morphology of Flowering Plants Flashcards

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering structural terms, floral morphology, fruit types, and root systems from NEET and AIPMT lecture notes.

Imbricate Aestivation

The condition in which the margins of sepals or petals overlap one another without any particular direction, as observed in Cassia.

Aggregate Fruit

A fruit that develops from a multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium.

Composite Fruit

A fruit type that develops from a complete inflorescence, as seen in fig, pineapple, and mulberry.

Phyllode

A modified, leaf-like photosynthetic structure present in Australian Acacia.

Potato Tuber 'Eyes'

Axillary buds present on the surface of the potato tuber.

Hilum

The scar or region where the body of the ovule is fused with the funicle.

Fibrous Roots

Roots that originate directly from the base of the stem.

False Fruits

Fruits in which the floral thalamus contributes directly to fruit formation alongside the ovary.

Diadelphous Stamens

Stamens that are united into two separate bundles, a characteristic found in pea.

Hypogynous Flower

A flower in which the gynoecium occupies the highest position on the thalamus, while the other floral whorls are situated below it, as seen in mustard and China rose.