SEEDs Flashcards
seeds that are made out of a single (mono) embryonic leaf or cotyledon
Monocot seeds
seeds with two embryonic leaves and cotyledons
Dicot seeds
become non-endospermous or exalbuminous; source of food is the cotyledon
Dicot
retain endosperm as source of food
Monocot
Modes of Seed Dispersal
Autochory
Allochory
Autochory
Barochory – gravity
Boleoautochory – squeezing/popping
Herpautochory - by trichomes
Allochory
Anemochory
Hydrochory
Zoochory
the system by which animals disperse seeds through the direct consumption of fruits
Endozoochory
seed dispersal by ants
Myrmemochory
seed dispersal by birds
Ornithochory
seed dispersal by bats
Chiropterochory
seed dispersal by molluscs
Malacochory
seed dispersal by humans
Anthropochory
extends above the cotyledon(s), is composed of the shoot apex and leaf primordia;
epicotyl
which is the transition zone between the shoot and root; and the radicle
hypocotyl