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30 Cards in this Set
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Calyx |
Sepals, whorl 1 |
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Corolla |
Petals, whorl 2 |
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Stamens |
Androecium, whorl 3 |
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Pistil |
Gynoeceum, whorl 4 |
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Perianth |
Sepals and petals |
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Anther |
Tip of stamen |
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Stigma |
Opening of pistil |
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Complete |
Containing all four whorls |
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Incomplete |
3 or fewer whorls |
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Perfext |
Contains male and female parts |
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Imperfect |
Either male or female |
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Regular |
Radial symmetry |
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Irregular |
Bilateral symmetry |
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Superior |
Ovary above perianth |
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Inferior |
Ovary beneath perianth |
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Monoecious |
Has pistil and stamen, perfect |
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Dioecious |
Male and female parts on separate plants, imperfect |
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Connation |
Union with other members of a whorl |
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Adnation |
Union of parts from two different whorls |
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Raceme |
Unbranched, elongated inflorescence maturing from bottom up |
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Cyme |
Terminal flower blooms first, other flowers arise on lateral branches |
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Umbel |
Flowers arise umbrella like |
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Angiosperm |
Dressed seed |
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Cotyledon |
Starter leaf |
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Dicot |
2 cotyledons. 4 or 5 merous. Net like venation, pinnate/palmate, fibrous/dendritic roots. |
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Monocot |
One cotyledon. 3 merous, linear leaves with parallel veins, corms/bulbs/tubers etc |
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Achene |
Small, dry, indehiscent fruit with single seed, attached to ovary at single point |
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Polyploid |
A sterile hybrid that reproduces asexually until becoming fertile with a doubling of chromosomes. |
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Indehiscent |
Not opening at maturity along definite lines or pores |
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Dehiscent |
Opening at maturity or when ripe to release contents |
