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Kingdom Plantea
Vocabulary for Apalogia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apex | the tip of the blade |
| blade | attaches to stem |
| petiole | a small stalk located on the stem |
| stipules | stalk like or leaflike growths that attach to the petiole |
| Epidermis | protects the inner parts of a leaf |
| Stomata | exchange gases |
| Guard cells | perform photosynthesis |
| two parenchyma tissue layers | 1.palisade mesophyll 2. spongy mesophyll |
| collenchyma | thick walled cells that support the vein |
| Functions of a root | 1. absorb water and other nutrients from the surroundings 2. anchor the plant 3. store food |
| Two root systems of a plant | 1. fibrous root system 2. taproot system |
| Bryophytes | Non Vascular Plants |
| Tracheophytes | Vascular Plants |
| Phyla in Bryophytes | 1. Bryophyta 2. Pterophyta |
| Phyla Bryophyta(Mosses) | plants that are made up of leafy shoots and rhizoids and fallow the alternations of generations life cycle |
| Phyla Pterophyta | .. |
| Prothallus | Haploid Gametophyte Generation |
| two types of cones | 1. seed cones 2. Pollen cones |
| Seed making plants | 1. Coniferophyta 2. Anthophyta |
| Two classes of Anthophyta | 1. Monicotyledonae 2. dicotyledonae |
| Monocotyledonae | single cotyledon |
| Dicotyledonae | 2 cotyledon |