Questions and Answers
What is the main function of petals in a flower?
To attract pollinators
Which part of the flower protects the bud?
Sepals
What is the term for the male reproductive organs in a flower?
Stamen
What is the function of the stigma in a flower?
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What is a symbolic representation of a flower's structure?
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Study Notes
Botany Terms
- Haploid: having a single set of chromosomes in each cell.
- Diploid: having two sets of chromosomes in each cell.
- Mitosis: cell division that produces two genetically identical cells.
- Meiosis: reduction division that produces four haploid reproductive cells.
Plant Reproduction vs. Animal Reproduction
- Plant life cycle: alternation of generations.
- Animal life cycle: no alternation of generations.
- Gametes in plants: haploid gametes.
- Gametes in animals: haploid gametes.
- Spores in plants: haploid spores.
- Spores in animals: no spores.
- Gametes made in plants: by haploid gametophyte, through mitosis.
- Gametes made in animals: by diploid organism, through meiosis.
- Spores made in plants: by diploid sporophyte, through meiosis.
Leaf Forms
- Simple leaf: 1 petiole, 1 leaf.
- Compound leaf: 1 petiole, 2 or more leaves.
Phyllotaxy
- Leaf arrangement in stem.
Leaf Venation
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Leaf Margin
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Flowers
- Incomplete flowers: lack some or all parts.
- Complete flowers: have all parts.
- Perfect flowers: have both male and female parts.
- Examples: grass flowers (incomplete, imperfect), tulip flowers (complete, perfect).
Flower Structure
- Petals are the colorful parts that attract pollinators
- Sepals are green, leaf-like structures that protect the bud
- Stamen consists of an anther that produces pollen and a filament that supports the anther
- Pistils consist of a stigma that catches pollen, a style that connects the stigma to the ovary, and an ovary that contains ovules (eggs) where fertilization occurs
Types of Flowers
- Complete flowers have all four parts: sepals, petals, stamen, and pistils
- Incomplete flowers lack one or more of the four parts
- Perfect flowers have both stamen and pistils
- Imperfect flowers have either stamen or pistils, but not both
- Monoecious flowers have separate male and female flowers on the same plant
- Dioecious flowers have male and female flowers on different plants
Flower Arrangement
- Floral formula is a symbolic representation of a flower's structure
- Flower arrangement refers to the way flowers are arranged on a stem
- Inflorescence is a cluster of flowers on a stem
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