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30 Cards in this Set
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Pericarp
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Fruit Wall
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3 types of simple fruit
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Berry, Drupe, Pome
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Berry
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fleshy pericarp, containing ong or several seeds
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2 types of Berries
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Pepo & Hesperidium
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Fleshy
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Pericarp fleshy at maturity
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Pepo
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Berry- thick inseparable rind
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2 main functions of fruits
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1- protect developing ovules 2- aid in seed dispersal
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Accessory fruit type
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develops from the fleshy receptacle part of the stem NOT ovary
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Multiple fruit type
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fruit develops from multiple independent flowers that become fused
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Aggregates fruit type
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fruit develops from a flower with multiple ovaries
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Simple fruit type
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fruit develops from a flower with a single ovary
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Drupe
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simple fruit- berry like fruit, has hard stony endocarp
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Dehiscent
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Dry Fruit- fruit opens to release seeds at maturity
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Indehiscent
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Dry Fruit- fruits do not open at maturity
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five types of dry, indehiscent fruits
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-Caryopses (Grain)
-Achenes -Samara -Schizocarp -Nuts |
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Caryopses
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Indehiscent- grains- one seeded fruit where the seed is fused to the fruit (grasses, corn)
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Schizocarp
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Indehiscent- fruit that develops from a compound pistil, that spits into two or more one seeded mericarps
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Pomes
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simple fruit- fruit derives from the floral cup and the receptacle
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4 types of dry dehiscent fruits
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-follicles
-legumes -silique/silicle -capsule |
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Capsule
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dehiscent- develops from a compound ovary with various methods of dehiscence
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Achenes
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indehiscent- dry frut, with a single seed that is separate from the ovary wall
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Samara
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indehiscent- achene with a large wing attached
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Nuts
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indehiscent- one seeded fruit with a hard pericarp
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2 types of dry fruits
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dehiscent and indehiscent
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Legumes
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dehiscent- split along both sides at maturity
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Follicles
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Dehiscent- splits along one side at maturity
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Hesperidium
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berry- leathery separable rind
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Silique/Silicle
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dehiscent- develops from two fused carpels, at maturity, the outer wall splits off and the seeds are attached to inner membrane
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Parthenocarpic
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fruit that matures without seed formation
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Agamospermy
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seed production without fertilization
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