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Lecture 11: Angiosperms 2 (Monocotyledons: Asparagales to Commelinanae) Flashcards

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What TYPE of plant is the family Agavaceae?

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Herbs with rhizomes (sometimes trees)

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What are the LEAVES of the family Agavaceae?

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Basal

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True or False: The family agavaceae is monocarpic

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True

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What is the INFLORESCENCE of the family Agavaceae?

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huge

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What are the FLOWERS of the family Agavaceae?

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bisexual, radial

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What are the TEPALS of the family Agavaceae?

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3 + 3, free

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What is the ANDROECIUM of the family Agavaceae?

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3 + 3

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What is the GYNOECIUM of the family Agavaceae?

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3, gynoecium syncarpous, ovary inferior (in Agave)

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What is the floral formula of the family Agavaceae?

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P:3+3 A:3+3 G:(3)

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What is the FRUIT of the family Agavaceae?

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Capsules

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True or False: Agave americana is often encountered as a weed in the Mediterranean (e.g. Spain)

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True

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What is blue agave used for?

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Tequilla

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What TYPE of plant is the family Alliaceae (550 spp: onion, garlic, chives & leek spp.)?

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Herbs with bulbs

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What are the LEAVES of the family Alliaceae?

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alternate, linear or cylindrical

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What is the INFLORESCENCE of the family Alliaceae?

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umbel-like cyme

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What are the FLOWERS of the family Alliaceae?

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bisexual, radial

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What are the TEPALS of the family Alliaceae?

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3 + 3, free

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What is the ANDROECIUM of the family Alliaceae?

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3 + 3

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What is the GYNOECIUM of the family Alliaceae?

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3, gynoecium syncarpous, ovary superior.

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What is the floral formula of the family Alliaceae?

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P:3+3 A:3+3 G:(3)

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What is the FRUIT of the family Alliaceae?

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capsules

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WHat is the juice of a onion used for?

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insect repellant and bites and hair growth

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What is the bulb of a onion used for?

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is anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, hypoglycaemic, hypotensive, and tonic

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____ is used for ringworm

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Garlic

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What TYPE of plant is the family Iridaceae?
Herbs with corms, rhizomes
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What are the LEAVES of the family Iridaceae?
alternate, linear
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What is the INFLORESCENSE of the family Iridaceae?
cyme
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What are the FLOWERS of the family Iridaceae?
bisexual, radial
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What are the TEPALS of the family Iridaceae?
3 + 3, free
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What is the ANDROECIUM of the family Iridaceae?
3 + 3
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What is the GYNOECIUM of the family Iridaceae?
3, gynoecium syncarpous, ovary inferior
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What is the floral formula of the family Iridaceae?
P:3+3 A:3+3 G:(3)
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What is the FRUIT of the family Iridaceae?
capsules
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What is the habitat where iris grows?
Iris versicolor grows on edges of ponds and moist soils; shallow waters, sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores, wet meadows, along shorelines, and in forested wetlands
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What TYPE of plant is the family Orchidaceae (over 20000sp.)?
Herbs with rhizomes, corms or tubers, depend on mychorrhizal associations with fungi
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What are the LEAVES of the family Orchidaceae?
alternate
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What are the FLOWERS of the family Orchidaceae?
very peculiar, bisexual, zygomorphic.
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What are the TEPALS of the family Orchidaceae?
6, one of them modified in shape & coloration called labelum (lip)
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In the family orchidaceae, The androecium and gynoecium fuse into a column called \_\_\_\_\_.
gynostegium
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In the family orchidaceae,Pollen grains in each anther aggregated in a sticky mass called \_\_\_\_\_\_.
Pollonium
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What is the floral formula of the family Orchidaceae?
%P:3+3 A:[1-2 G:(3)]
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What is the fruit of the family Orchidaceae?
capsule
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True or False: The seeds are large in the family orchidaceae?
False, microscopic
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The microscopic seeds lack \_\_\_\_\_\_, cotyledons and need their fungus partner to germinate
endosperm
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The amazing flower diversity of orchid is the result of \_\_\_\_\_\_.
coevolution with different pollinators
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The 3 genera of orchids talked about it class were based on there labellum: _____ has a sac-like labellum _____ has on ovate fringed labellum _____ has a 2-lobed labellum
Cypripedium Pogonia Listera
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What part of vanilla is used?
Matured capsule becomes black when picked and dried
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The _______ is the order of monocotyledons that is palm trees and the ______ is the order of monocotyledons that is bananas and gingers
Arecanae Zingiberanae
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What TYPE of plant is the family Cyperaceae?
Grass-like herbs that grow in wet conditions.
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What is the STEM of the family Cyperaceae?
3-angled
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What are the LEAVES of the family Cyperaceae?
alternate, linear, usually in 3 ranks
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What is the INFLORESCENCE of the family Cyperaceae?
spike
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What are the FLOWERS of the family Cyperaceae? (Female)
a bottle-shaped bract at base called utricle (perigynium)
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True or False: The perianth is absent or have scale like elements
True
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What is the ANDROECIUM of the family Cyperaceae?
3
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What is the GYNOECIUM of the family Cyperaceae?
2, connate, ovary superior when perianth is present)
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What is the floral formula of the family Cyperaceae?
P:0 A:3 G:(2)
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What is the FRUIT of the family Cyperaceae?
3-angled achene enclosed in the utricle
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Utricle (perigynia) characteristics are very important for the \_\_\_\_\_\_of Carex species
Identification
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True or False: Sedges are important because they usually form large wetland communities
True
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What is the family Poaceae used for?
cereal crops (food & sugar) grazing/pasture/forage crops ornamentals building materials source for matting
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What are the 9 major grass grain crops?
Wheat (C3) Corn (Maize) (C4) Rice (C3) Barley (C3) Sorghum (C4) Oats (C3) Millet (C3 & C4; different species) Rye (C3) Triticale (wheat & rye hybrid; C3)
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ grasslands exhibit seasonal drought, occasional fires, and are usually used for grazing and agriculture.
Temperate
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ are grasslands with scattered trees, that show distinct seasons, particularly wet and dry.
Savannas
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What TYPE of plant is the family Poaceae?
Herbs (trees in tropical bamboos)
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In poaceae the roots are _____ and the stems are _____ which means?
fibrous culm, full at nodes, empty at internodes
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What are the LEAVES of the family Poaceae?
Leave are linear, sessile but with a very well developed sheath that completely envelops the lower internode.
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The _____ and ______ are characteristic to Poaceae leaves. Their morphology is important for Poaceae ID during seedling stage.
ligule and auricle
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ prevents things to get inside the sheath _______ anchor leaf blade on the stem
Ligule Auricle
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Each flower of Poaceae is typically embraced by a pair of miniature bracts called the ____ and the \_\_\_\_\_
lemma palea
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What is the ANDROECIUM of the family Poaceae?
3 or occasionally 6 distinct stamens
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What is the GYNOECIUM of the family Poaceae?
2 fused carpels, an equal number of styles with feathery stigmas; ovary is superior with one locule containing a single ovule.
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What is the INFLORESCENCE of the family Poaceae?
Spikelet
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The basic unit of the inflorescence is called a spikelet typically consisting of a basal pair of bracts called ______ and one or more flowers arranged on an often zigzag spikelet axis called the rachilla (rachis).
Glumes
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True or False: The spikelet is essentially the racemose inflorescence called spike (with sessile flowers)
True
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Flowers have wind-pollination adaptations which are ______ and \_\_\_\_\_\_.
hanging stamens and feathery stigmas
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True or False: The “spike”: is in fact a spike with spikelets and the “panicle” = a panicle with spikelets
True
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\_\_\_\_\_\_ has a "spike" inflorescence and ____ and ____ have a "panicle" inflorescence
Wheat – Triticum aestivum Oryza sativa - rice and Zea mays – corn
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What is the FRUIT of the family Poaceae?
caryopsis
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How to distinguish the grass looking plants by their stems?
'Sedges (Cyperaceae) have edges, rushes are round (Juncaceae), grasses (Poaceae) have knees that bend to the ground
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How to distinguish grasses (Poaceae) from rushes (Juncaceae) & sedges (Cyperaceae)

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