morphology (root, stem, leaf) Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
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tuberous adv root
A
sweet potato
2
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fasciculated adv root
A
dahlia
3
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annulated adv root
A
ipecac
4
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nodulose adv root
A
turmeric
5
Q
prop root
A
banyan
6
Q
stilt root
A
- maize
- sugarcane
7
Q
climbing root
A
pothos
8
Q
rhizome
A
- ginger
- turmeric
- banana
- ferns
9
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tuber
A
- potato
- helianthus tuberosus (jerusalem artichoke)
10
Q
corm
A
- colocasia
- gladiolus
- colchicum
- crocus
- amorphophallus (zaminkhand)
11
Q
simple tunicated bulb
A
- onion
- narcissus (daffodil)
12
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compound tunicated bulb
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garlic
13
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scaly or naked bulb
A
lily
14
Q
which bud forms stem tendrils and thorns?
A
axillary
15
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stem tendrils
A
- grape vine
- grourds
16
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thorns
A
- citrus
- bougainvillea
17
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offset
A
- pistia
- eichhornia
18
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sucker
A
- pineapple
- chrysanthemum
- banana
19
Q
runner
A
grass
20
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stolon
A
- mint
- jasmine
21
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phylloclade
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- fleshy cylindrical (euphorbia)
- flattened (opuntia)
22
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what is pulvinus?
A
leaf base swells in some leguminous plants and this is pulvinus
23
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dicots with parallel venation
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- collophylum
- corymbium
- eryngium
24
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monocots with reticulate venation
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- smilax
- alocasia
- dioscorea
25
what is a rachis?
in pinnately compound leaves the midrib forms a common axis called rachis
26
pinnately compound
neem
27
palmately compound
silk cotton
28
alternate phyllotaxy
1. mustard
2. china rose (shoe flower)
3. sunflower
29
opposite phyllotaxy
1. guava
2. calotropis
30
whorled phyllotaxy
1. alstonia
2. nerium
31
fusiform root
radish
32
napiform root
turnip
33
conical root
carrot
34
leaf tendrils
1. pea
2. sweet pea
35
leaf spine
1. aloe
2. cactus
36
storage leaf
1. onion
2. garlic
37
phyllode
1. australian acacia (modified petiole)
38
scientific names of pitcher plants
1. sarracenia
2. nepenthes
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modifications of nepenthes
1. leaf apex (lid)
2. lamina (pitcher)
3. rim (mouth)
4. petiole (stalk)
5. broad flattened leaf base
