VARIATIONS IN FLORAL STRUCTURE Flashcards
BASED ON FLOWER PARTS PRESENT:
COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE FLOWER
COMPRISES THE PRESENCE OF CALYX, COROLLA, ANDROECIUM, AND GYNOECIUM
COMPLETE FLOWER
FLOWER WITH ONE OF THE FOUR WHORL MISSING
INCOMPLETE FLOWER
Aka BISEXUAL OR HERMAPHRODITIC FLOWER
PERFECT FLOWER
Aka UNISEXUAL FLOWER
IMPERFECT FLOWER
TWO TYPES OF IMPERFECT FLOWER
ANDROECIUM AND GYNOECIUM
STAMINATE FLOWER
ANDROECIUM
PISTILLATE FLOWER
GYNOECIUM
BASED ON SEXUALITY OF THE FLOWER
MONOECIOUS AND DIOECIOUS PLANTS
STAMINATE AND PISTILATE FLOWERS ARE PRESENT ON THE SAME PLANT
MONOECIOUS PLANT
STAMINATE AND PISTILLATE FLOWERS ARE BORN ON SEPARATE PLANTS
DIOECIOUS PLANTS
MONOECIOUS PLANT SAMPLE
SQUASH AND CORN
DIOECIOUS PLANTS SAMPLE
PAPAYA
BASED ON SIZE AND SHAPE OF FLORAL PARTS;
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR FLOWER
With two lips
BILABIATE
RESEMBLES BUTTERFLY
PAPILLIONACEOUS
IRREGULAR FLOWERS CLASSIFICATION
BILABIATE
PAPILLIONACEOUS
CAESALPINACEOUS
ORCHIDACEOUS
PARTS RADIATE FROM THE CENTER AND ANY LINE DRAWN FROM THROUGH CENTER OF THE FLOWER THUS DIVIDES THE FLOWER INTO TWO SIMILAR HALVES
ACTINOMORPHIC OR RADIALLY SYMMETRICAL FLOWER
PARTS DO NOT RADIATE FROM THE CENTER AND ONLY ONE LINE DIVIDES THE FLOWER INTO TWO SIMILAR HALVES
ZYGOMORPHIC OR BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL FLOWER
WHEN THE FLOWER CANNOT BE DIVIDED INTO TWO EQUAL HALVES FROM ANY PLANE
ASYMMETRICAL
OVARY SITUATED ON THE RECEPTACLE ABOVE THE POINTS OF ORIGIN OF THE PERIANTH AND THE STAMENS
HYPOGENOUS FLOWER
BASED ON FLORAL SYMMETRY
ACTINOMORPHIC
ZYGOMORPHIC
ASYMMETRICAL
BASED ON THE POSITION OF THE OVARY
HYPOGENOUS FLOWER
EPIGYNOUS FLOWER
PERIGYNOUS CONDITION
PETALS, SEPALS, AND STAMENS ARE SITUATED BELOW THE OVARY
OVARY IS SAID TO BE SUPERIOR
HYPOGENOUS FLOWER