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Details Title: Plant ID Quiz Description: Flowers & Inflorescences Total Flash Cards: 43 Created: 11/15/2006 16:57:53	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Hypogyny Definition -Stamens and accessory organs inserted BELOW ovary -Ovary superior Term Epigyny Definition -Stamens and accessory organs inserted ABOVE ovary -Ovary inferior Term Perigyny Definition -Stamens and accessory organs borne on a calyx tube -Ovary superior Term Complete flower Definition Possesses all four flower organs: petals, sepals, stamens, and carpel Term Incomplete flower Definition One or more flower organs (petals, sepals, stamens, and carpel) are missing Term Two types of imperfect flowers Definition -Staminate -Pistillate Term Monecious plant Definition Both kinds of imperfect flower are borne on the same plant Term Dioecious plant Definition Imperfect flowers borne on different plants Term Trioecious plant Definition Both imperfect flowers AND perfect flowers are borne on separate plants Term Polygamous plant Definition Staminate, pistillate, and perfect flowers are borne on the same plant Term Apetalous Definition Without petals Term Asepalous Definition Without sepals Term Apopetalous Definition With separate petals (Asteraceae) Term Aposepalous Definition With separate sepals Term Sympetalous Definition Petals united, at least near base (Morning Glory) Term Symsepalous Definition With united sepals Term Bilabiate Definition Two-lipped (Salvia) Term Campanulate Definition Bell-shaped Term Funnelform Definition Funnel-shaped (Morning Glory) Term Inflated` Definition Swollen or expanded; balloon-like Term Ligulate Definition Strap-shaped (ray florets on Asteraceae) Term Papillonaceous Definition Butterfly-shaped (Senna bicapsularis) Term Reflexed Definition Bent backwards Term Rotate Definition Disk-shaped; widely spreading lobes w/ little or no tube (Trachelospermum jasminoides) Term Saccate Definition Sac-shaped (Lady Slipper) Term Salverform Definition Trumpet-shaped (Tabebuia) Term Spurred Definition Bearing a nectiferous spur Term Tubular Definition In the form of a tube or cylinder Term Urceolate Definition Pitcher-like; hollow and contracted near the mouth like a pitcher or urn Term Sessile flowers Definition Flowers without a pedicel Term Pedicellate Definition Flowers with a pedicel Term Determinate inflorescence Definition -Terminal flower blooms first -No further elongation of main axis Term Indeterminate inflorescence Definition -Lower or outer flower blooms first -Further elongation of axis if possible Term Spadix Definition Staminate and pistillate flowers borne on spadix (Anthurium) Term Catkin Definition Like a drooping spike Term Spike Definition Sessile flowers borne in alternating or opposite form on a rachis Term Head Definition Consisting of disk and ray florets (Asteraceae) Term Umbel Definition -Pedicels rising from a common point -Inflorescence unbranched Term Corymb Definition -Pedicellate w/ pedicels NOT arising from a common point -Inflorescence indeterminate -Vague headlike formation Term Raceme Definition Like a spike but pedicellate Term Compound umbel Definition -Inflorescence flat-topped or rounded -Branches from common point -Like an umbel of umbels Term Compound corymb Definition -Like a compound umbel but not arising from a common point -Like a corymb of corymbs Term Thryse; panicle Definition -Pedicellate -Inflorescence branched & elongate