Plant Diversity
The parts and their functions.
Important terms involved with plants
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| vascular plants that produce seeds | ||
| Consists of a plant embryo packaged along with food supply within a protective coat | ||
| layers of sporophyte tissue that envelop the megasporngium | ||
| the wall of the ovary becomes the thickened wall of the fruit | ||
| a group of flowers tightly clustered together | ||
| monocots have one seed leaf and dicots have two | ||
| cells are joined into tubes that transport water and nutrients throughout the plant body | ||
| producers of plant tissue at roots and shoots. Cells divide then differentiate. | ||
| is a reproductive cell that can develop into a new organism without fusing with another cell | ||
| Land plants | ||
| haploid, single set of chromosome | ||
| the epidermis of leaves and other photosynthetic organs has spores that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to exchange, and the prevent water loss by closing | ||
| transports water and minerals from roots | ||
| herb | ||
| refers informally to all the nonvasuclar plants, more specifically the gametophyte haploid is its dominate generation | ||
| long tubular single cells or filaments of cells | ||
| a layer consisting of polymers | ||
| seedless vascular plants Include: lycophytes, ferns, horsetails, clubmoss | ||
| the earliest plants, lack vascular tissue Include: Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, bryophyta | ||
| Pines and other cone-bearing plants, heterotrophous | ||
| flowering plants, heterotrophous | ||
| offspring develop from multicellular embryos that remain attached to the "mother" plant which protects and nourishes embryo | ||
| 2 multicellular body forms alternate ach from producing the other | ||
| a polymer that is the most durable organic material known | ||
| organs that produce male gametes (multiple sperm) | ||
| v-shaped organs that contain female gametes | ||
| transports sugar and amino acids from leaves | ||
| clusters of sporangia found on underside of green leaves | ||
| attach to roots to other plants to reach the sun |