Angiosperms IV Flashcards
(49 cards)
A ___ is a mature ovary
fruit
fruits can be fleshy or
dry depending on their
pericarp (ovary wall)
Fruit may also include non-carpel tissue called ___ tissue that becomes united during fruit development
accessory,
types of fruit
simple, aggregate, multiple, accessory, combination of the above
cross section of a fruit
describe simple
fleshy, dry
types of simple
berries, drupes, pomes
Simple fruits develop from a
single carpel (or from
two or more fused carpels) from one flower
berries drupes and pomes are
fleshy
In berries, the outer layer of the ovary ripens into the fleshy edible
___;
pericarp
the pericarp includes the
exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp$
The number of carpels in the tomato flower
corresponds to the number of ___ found in the
fruits.
locules
Other fruits that are botanically berries
pepos, hesperidium
pepos and examples
fruits in the cucurbit family with a
hard, thick rind (cucumber, watermelon,
pumpkin)
Hesperidium fruits are examples
berries from
the citrus family with a leathery rind, lemons
what are drupes and examples. peach, coconut
= stone fruits) are simple fruits with a
hardened or stony endocarp
Pomes are simple fruits that develop from an ___
ovary; the bulk of the fruit is derived from the ___
and ___ (not carpel tissue!) = ___ fruit
inferior, hypanthium, receptacle, accessory
Do pomes have exocarp/mesocarp/endocarp
layers?
Usually the pericarp that is fleshy, if it isn’t its an
accessory fruit!
Aggregate fruits form from an a___of a ___ flower; where
each carpel retains its individual state in the mature fruit
pocarpous gynoecium
(with free, unfused carpels) , single
each carpel retains its individual state in the mature fruit
Simple fruit =
ONE flower, ONE carpel
Aggregate fruit =
ONE flower, MANY carpels
Multiple fruits are derived from an ___ –
the combined gynoecia of multiple flowers
inflorescence