Plant Taxonomy
* log on to agednet crop science 303
* read through and complete Exercise 4 worksheet [attached] and on the back define the following terms:
1. alba
2. bryophyte
[mosses]
3. cultivar
[A cultivar is a plant or grouping of plants selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation]
4. dicots
[A flowering plant with two embryonic seed leaves or cotyledons that usually appear at germination.]
5. embyota
[embyro]
6. Linnaeus
[Carl - "Father of Taxonomy" ]
7. mesic [In ecology, a mesic habitat is a type of habitat with a moderate or well-balanced supply of moisture]
8. monocots
[Monocots are a class of flowering plants with most parts appearing in multiples of three. ]
9. pendula [A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity,]
10 plantae
[ the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.]
11 pterobphyta [The Pterophyta are the second largest division of the plant kingdom.]
12 spermatophyta [A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants.]
13 thallophyta [The Plant Kingdom is divided into four large groups, called Divisions, one of which is the Thallphyta, or Thallophytes, or thallus plants.]
14 xeric [Of, characterized by, or adapted to an extremely dry habitat]
15 Japonica [Japonica refers to things related to Japan]
There will be a review Friday and a quiz on plant terms and functions on Monday
