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Botany Exam 3:Vocab

Botany Exam 3

TermDefinition
Taxonomy (a) Classification, identification, description, and meaning
Phylogenetic (a) History of evolution
Biodiversity (a) Variations of Life
Cladistics (a) A system of arranging organisms, following an analysis of their primitive and advanced features so that their phylogenetic relationships are accurately reflected
Clade (a) Common ancestor in all descendants displayed as a cladogram
Paraphyletic group (a) Pertaining to a taxon that excludes species that share a common ancestor (all ancestors not included)
Polyphyletic group (a) Pertaining to a taxon with members derived from two or more ancestors not common to all members of the same ancestor (More than one common ancestor)
Barcoding (a) Rapid ID of a plant without flowers or fruit
Mycelium is made of ____ (b) Hyphae
Hyphae (b) Single tubular filament of a fungus oomycete or chytrid
Chitin cell wall is made of ______ (b) Amino polysaccharide
Amino polysaccharide is similar to ____ (b) Cellulose
Lichens (b) Algae plus Fungi
Crustose (b) Lichen that forms a flat crust
Froliose (b) Lichen that is leaf like
Fruticose (b) Lichen that is shrub like
Mycorrhizas (b) Fungus plus plant roots
Basidiomycota (b) Mostly composes the sheath over the roots
Karyogamy (c) Nuclear fusion that makes zygote
Green and Purple Bacteria (d) They use something other than water as the hydrogen source in photosynthesis
Phycocyanin (d) Blue green color
Phycoerethrin (d) Red color
Isomorphic (e) Describing a life history in which the haploid and diploid are identical in form
Heteromorphic (e) Describing a life history in which the haploid and diploid generations are dissimilar in form
Biflagellate (e) They have 2 flagella
Peridinin (e) Reddish pigment
Fucoxanthin (e) A brownish carotenoid found in brown algae
Phycobilins (e) A group of water soluble accessory pigments including phycocyanins and phcoerythrins
Alginates (e) Thickeners and Stabalizers
Agars (e) Growth mediums for microorganisms in reds
Carrageenans (e) Emulsifiers from reds
Bryophyte example (f) Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
Phylum Bryophyta include ______? (f) Mosses
Ploidy (f) Is it haploid or diploid?
Dichotomous branching (f) Primitive trait that mans branching into two
Archegonia (f) Multicellular sex organ (female) where it produces sperm for gametophytes
Antheridia (f) Multicellular sex organ (male) where it produces sperm for gametophytes
Gametangia (f) multicellular sex organs. Two types are Archegonia and Antheridia
Extant phyla (f) Living phyla
Microphylls (f) Small leaf. Do not have a leaf gap
Sporophyll (f) Spore bearing leaf
Strobillus (f) A collection of Sporophylls, main leaf we see
Megaphylls (f) Have a leaf gap
Monophyletic One common ancestor
Ancestral trait Present in out group and in group
Derived trait Absent in outgroup
Synapomorphy Trait sheared by a clade that arose from a common ancestor
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