Plant Morphology

Question 1

Extirpated

Answer 1

No longer surviving in native area, but surviving elsewhere.

Question 2

Floccose

Answer 2

Being covered in wooly hairs easily rubbed off.

Question 3

Jugate

Answer 3

Arranged in pairs

Question 4

Macrophyll

Answer 4

Large leaves produced by ferns and seed plants.

Question 5

Haustorial Root

Answer 5

Parasitic root that invades stem of another plant to siphon nutrients instead of the soil.

Question 6

Globose

Answer 6

Round or spherical in shape

Question 7

Fenestrated

Answer 7

Thinned or with small slots as to be translucent.

Question 8

Epiphytic

Answer 8

Non-parasitic plants that grow on the canopy of larger plants and do not root in soil.

Question 9

Adventitious

Answer 9

Organs growing of a plant in areas they normally shouldn’t, such as a root growing from the mid stem.

Question 10

Abscission

Answer 10

Normal sheddings of an organ that is aged or mature.

Question 11

Sympodial

Answer 11

When lateral shoot growth takes over after the termination of the apical meristem.

Question 12

Runcinated

Answer 12

Leaves that have jagged edges pointing back towards the base of the plant. Think of dandelion leaves.

Question 13

Sporophyll

Answer 13

Leaf or bract that bears sporangia in fern allies, ferns, and gymnosperms

Question 14

Trullate

Answer 14

Spade shaped leaves where thickest part is closest to main stem.

Question 15

Stipule

Answer 15

Outgrowth of leaf base connected to the shoot

Question 16

Marcescent

Answer 16

Withering organs (leaves/petals/stipules) that are still persistent. Think of the brown leaves that remain on trees in January.

Question 17

Latex

Answer 17

White milky substance inside of some stems

Question 18

Erubescent

Answer 18

Reddish in color, blushing

Question 19

Eophyll

Answer 19

First fully expanded leaves produced by a seedling.

Question 20

Lignotuber

Answer 20

Woody swelling of the root crown to protect from fire damage.

Question 21

Archeophyte

Answer 21

Non native plant that has been established in an area for a length of time.

Question 22

Neophyte

Answer 22

Species that has newly been introduced to an area.

Question 23

Halophyte

Answer 23

Salt loving plants. Includes ocean plants.

Question 24

Helophyte

Answer 24

Marsh plants that grow partially submerged in water that regrow from buds below the water’s surface.

Question 25

Mesophyte

Answer 25

Plants that use an average amount of water.

Question 26

Myrmecophyte

Answer 26

Plants that have a mutualistic relationship with ants.

Question 27

Nyctagimous

Answer 27

Flowers that open at night. Referring only to flowers, hit the plant itself.

Question 28

Nyctanthous

Answer 28

Plants that bloom at night

Question 29

Pteridophyte

Answer 29

Vascular plants that reproduce using spores. Ferns and fern allies.

Question 30

Semelparous

Answer 30

Producing flowers only once, and then dying.

Question 31

Stenophyllous

Answer 31

Plants having narrow leaves.

Question 32

Tracheophyte

Answer 32

Plants having a true vascular system including xylem and phloem

Question 33

Xerophyte

Answer 33

Plants that live in dry conditions.

Question 34

Saponaceous

Answer 34

Having the qualities of soap

Question 35

Napiform

Answer 35

Round at the op and tapering at the bottom. Turnip shaped. Usually refers to roots.