plant kingdom Flashcards

1
Q

artificial classification

A

linnaeus and aristotle

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2
Q

biological classification

A

bentham and hooker

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3
Q

phylogenetic classification

A

prantl, takhtajan, engler, hutchinson

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4
Q

father of algology

A

F E Fristch

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5
Q

sources of iodine

A

fucus
laminaria

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6
Q

leafy liverworts

A

porella

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7
Q

different oosphere and oospore in bryophytes

A

oosphere-egg
oospore-zygote

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8
Q

what is cotton moss

A

sphagnum (it was used instead of absorbent cotton)

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9
Q

which bryophyte was used to remove kidney stones

A

polytrichum commune

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10
Q

first embryophytes

A

bryophytes

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11
Q

example of macrophylls and microphylls

A

macro-ferm
micro-selaginella

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12
Q

largest pteridophyte

A

dryopteris

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13
Q

heterosporous pteridophytes

A

selagninella
salvinia
marsilea

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14
Q

psilopsida

A

psilotum

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15
Q

lycopsida

A

selaginella
lycopodium

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16
Q

sphenopsida

A

equisetum

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17
Q

pteropsida

A

dryopteris
pteris
adiantum

18
Q

which pteridophyte is used for scouring

A

equisetum

19
Q

pteridophyte used as food

A

marsilea (starch for tribals)

20
Q

pteridophyte medicine

A

dryopteris (antihelminthic)

21
Q

smallest gymnosperm

A

zamia

22
Q

which leaf in cycas persists for years

A

pinnately compound

23
Q

fan shaped leaves are found in

A

gingko biloba

24
Q

what is lax

A

compact cones/strobili

25
Q

three generations in gymnosperm seed

A

testa, tegmen, perisperm- parental sporophyte
endosperm- female gemtophyte
radicle, plumule, suspensor, cotyledons- future sporophyte

26
Q

who reported polyembryony and in what

A

leeuwenhoek in citrus

27
Q

gnetales

A

ephedra
welwitschia
gnetum

28
Q

how are gnetales close to flowering plants

A

they have flower like arrangement of sporophylls
they have primitive xylem vessels so wood is called heteroxylous

29
Q

living fossils in gymnosperms

A

ginkgo
metasequoia
cycas

30
Q

write about ginkgo

A

maiden hair tree
pagoda tree
oldest living fossil
connecting link between cycads and conifers

31
Q

write about cones and gametes of cycas

A

largest male cone
lacks female cone
largest ovule
motile male gamete (zoidosiphonogamy)

32
Q

explain ploidy of gymnosperm endosperm

A

develops directly from female gametophyte so it is haploid

33
Q

male and female sex organs are in the same plant or different plants in gymnosperms examplse

A

cycas- different
pinus- same

34
Q

chilgoza

A

pinus gerardiana

35
Q

fibre boards (gymnosperms)

A

pinus needle leaves

36
Q

astha and other respiratory ailments drug

A

ephedra from ephedrine

37
Q

anticancer drug from gymnosperms

A

taxol (from taxus)

38
Q

sulphur shower

A

pinus

39
Q

what does angion mean

A

vessel

40
Q

smallest angiosperm

A

wolfia

41
Q

haplodiplontic algae

A

ectocarpus
polysiphonia
kelps