Morphology Plant Flashcards
(89 cards)
Types of roots
Tap root
Adventitions root
Fibrous root
Example of fibrous root
Wheat
Rice
Maize
Sugarcane
Exception of adventitious root of lacking in leaves,nodes,internodes,buds
Bryophylum
Trapa natans
Tinospora
Exception of adventitious root
Sweet potato(Ipomoea patatas) Wood apple(aegle mermelous) Parmal(trichoranthus)
Parts of root
Root cap Meristemetic region(sub apical) Zone of elongation Root hair Maturation region
Modification of tap root
Fusiform Napiform Conical Tuberous Pneumatophores
Adventitions root mechinal strength modifications
Prop root
Stilt root
Buttres root
Climbing root
Example of fusiform root
Radish(raphanus sativus)
Example of napiform
Beet root(beta vulgaris) Turnip(brassica rapa)
Example of conical
Carrot(daucus carota)
Example of tuberous root
Mirabilus jalpa
Example of pneumatophores
Rhizophora
Heritiara
Example prop root
Great indian banyan tree(ficus bengalensis)
Example of stilt root
Maize
Sugarcane
Example of buttres root
Kopok(ceiba)
Silk cotton tree(bombyx balabaricum)
Almond(terminalia catappa)
Example of climbing root
Betel(piper betle)paan Long pepper(piper longam)loong Black pepper(piper nigram)kaali mirch English ivy(hedara helix) Cheese plant(monstera deliciousa)
Adventitions root storage
Tuberous Fasciculated Nodulose Moniliform Annulated
Tuberous example
Sweet potato(Ipomoea batata)
Fasiculated example
Dalia or dahlia
Aspargus
Ruellia
Nodulatose example
Mango ginger(curcuma amada) Turmeric(curcuma domestica) Arrow root(maranta aurendinaceae)
Moniliform root example
Portulaca oleraceae- ornamental plant Momordica charantia(bitter gourd)
Annulated example
Ipecac(psychortia)
Adventitions root vital function modification
Sucking or haustoria
Epiphytic
Sucking root or haustoria example
Cuscuta(stem parasite) Orobanche indica(root parasite) Cassytha filiform(amarbel)