Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Plant Midterm 1
Plant
45
Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 2
10/09/2012

Additional Plant Sciences Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Cell Wall
Definition
restrain protoplast, absorption, secretion, defence
Term
Primary Cell Wall
Definition
cells with this can further divide & differentiate
cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins, protein, water
may contain lignin, suberin, cutin
Term
Middle Lamella
Definition
joins adjacent cell walls
pectins
Term
Secondary Cell Wall
Definition
terminally differentiated
cellulose, hemicellulose matrix, lignin
Term
Plasmodesmata
Definition
Lined up by plasma membrane
−Cytoplasmic strands connect protoplasts of adjacent cells
body of plants is one confluent protoplast
Desmotubule: modified endoplasmic reticulum
Transport of substances between cells
Term
Endomembrane System
Definition
synthesis, secretion, transport, communication
Term
Plasma Membrane
Definition
Controls transport of materials
Detects hormones and environmental signals for cell growth and differentiation
Term
Vacuole
Definition
cell expansion, accumulation, storage, breakdown and recycling, isolation of toxins (defense) or pigments, maintaining rigidity
-tonoplast
Term
Plastid
Definition
Chloroplast
Chromoplast
Amyloplast
Term
Chloroplast
Definition
photosynthesis, other syntheses, storage
reproduce by fission
green, brown, red
Term
MItochondria
Definition
Cellular respiration
semi autonomous
Term
Peroxisome
Definition
role in photorespiration or conversion of fat to sucrose during germination (glyoxysomes)
Term
Microtubules
Definition
Spindle fibers – cell division Cortical microtubules – controls cell wall expansion
Term
actin filaments
Definition
cell wall division, tip growth of pollen tubes, secretion, cytoplasmic streaming
Term
Cytokinesis
Definition
division of cytoplasm
Formation of phragmoplast then cell plate
Plasmodesmata formed as smooth ER trapped in cell plate
Term
Bryophyte
Definition
nonvascular plants
Mosses(bryophya), Liverworts(Hepatophyta), hornworts (anthocerophyta)
Term
Liverworts
Definition
thallose/leafy
Bryophyte
Heptatophyta
Term
Hornworts
Definition
Bryophyte
Anthocerophyta
spiral-shaped structures resembling horns
Term
Mosses
Definition
Bryophytes
Bryophyta
peat mosses(Sphagnidae), granite mosses(Andreaeidae), "true mosses"(bryidae)
Term
thallus
Definition
body that is undifferentiated into root, stem or leaf
Term
rhizoids
Definition
root-like hair structure in liverworts, mosses, and some vascular plants on free living gametophytes
Term
rhizome
Definition
a more or less horizontal underground stem
Term
gemma cups
Definition
liverworts
cluster of undifferentiated tissue
may fall off and create new thallus
Term
gemma cups
Definition
liverworts
cluster of undifferentiated tissue
may fall off and create new thallus
Term
gametangiophore
Definition
structure bearing antheridia/archegonia
Term
elaters
Definition
structure aiding to spore dispersion
Term
calyptra
Definition
moss
hood/cap covering capsule
Term
operculum
Definition
lid of sporangium
Term
peristomal teeth
Definition
teeth around opening of sporangium
Term
hydroids/leptoids
Definition
moss, lack wall thickenings
h-water conducting
l-food conducting
Term
Seedless Vascular Plants
Definition
Psilophyta(whisk fern), Lycophyta, Sphenophyta(horsetail) and Pterophyta(fern).
Term
Lycophytes
Definition
Scale leaves, Roots, shoots, Sporangia on leaf
homosporus
protostele
Term
Psilophyta
Definition
whisk fern
no roots or leaves
leaves=enation(no vasc. bundle)
Term
Sphenophyta
Definition
Horsetail
hallow shoots
homosporous
Seedless Vascular Plant
Term
Pterophyta
Definition
Seedless Vascular Plant
siphonostele most common
compound/simple
Term
Protostele/Siphonostele/Eustele
Definition
P-no pith
S-leaf gap
E-vascular bundles
Term
nodes/internodes
Definition
n-part of stem where leaves are attached
in-region of stem between node, no leaves attached
Term
Sori
Definition
cluster of sporangia (on ferns)
Term
indusium
Definition
cover of Sorus
Term
megaphyll/microphyll
Definition
mega-large leaf, several veins, ass. w/ leaf gap
micro-lycophytes, one vein not ass. w/ leaf gap
Term
sporophyll
Definition
leaf(leaflike) structure bears sporangia
Term
Gymnosperms
Definition
seed, vascular
Progymnosperms Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta Coniferophyta
Secondary growths (vascular cambium) frequent, tree forms
Term
conifers
Definition
• Distinct leaves (needles or scales), single or multiple, from spur shoots
• Most species are trees or bushes with secondary growth (soft wood)
• Seeds in cones
Term
Ovule
Definition
seed plants
f.gametophye w/ egg cell, all surrounded by nucellus & 1/2 integuments, when matury becomes seed
Term
Cones
Definition
f-contain megasporangia/spore, f.gametophyte. Seed cone
m-contain microsprangia/spore, m.gametophyte. Pollen Cone
Supporting users have an ad free experience!