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Oh say can you seed??
The wonderful world of flowers, fruits and seed
Special Flower Terms
Solitary
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Single flowers, such as
a tulip
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Inflorescence
-
A group of flowers
clustered together
such as a geranium or
gladiolus
Special Flower Terms
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Peduncle
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The stem of flower
Pedicels
- The stem – like
structures bearing the
individual flowers in a
inflorescence
Types of Inflorescences
Indeterminate
A.
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Flowers from the bottom
open first
Flowers from the outside
open first
Up and in
1. raceme
- long inflorescence with
stalked flowers
2. corymb
- flat-topped or rounded
inflor. with lower pedicels longer
than upper ones
Types of Inflorescences
3. Panicle
- branched, raceme-like
inflor.
4. Spike
- long inflor. with sessile
flowers
- a spadix is a kind of
spike
- another kind of spike is
the catkin
Type of Inflorescence
B. Determinate
- Flowers open from
the top down
- Flowers open from
the inside out
- Down and out
Types of Inflorescence
C. Inflor. That Can Be Either
1. Umbel
- all pedicels originated
from the same point
2. Head
- sessile flowers
originating from the same
point
Types of Fruit
A. Multiple Fruits – formed by the
development of several flowers
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Ex: pineapple, mulberry
Types of Fruit
B. Aggregate – formed by the
development of several ovaries of one
flower
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Examples: raspberry, blackberry
Types of Fruit
C. Simple
1. Berry - the fruit is
fleshy throughout
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Examples: tomato,
blueberry
2. Pepo – a specialized
berry with a thick,
hard rind at maturity
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Examples:
watermelon,
honeydew melon,
pumpkin, squash
Types of Fruit
3. Hesperidium – a
specialized berry with a
leathery rind and very
juicy, distinct segments
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Example: orange, lime,
grapefruit
4. Drupe – a fleshy, with
usually one-seeded
enclosed in a stony
structure with a thin
outer skin
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Example: cherry, plum,
peach
Types of Fruit
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Pome – fleshy fruit with many seed
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Examples: apple, pear
“Oh say can you seed?”
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Seed
Develops after an ovule inside the ovary
has been fertilized
 How does fertilization work?
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 Pollen
from the anther is carried by wind,
insect, humans, etc.
 Lands on the sticky surface of the stigma
 A pollen tube is formed and grows down the
style
 Pollen tube attaches to the ovule inside the
ovary
“Oh say can you seed?”
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Parts of the seed
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Embryo – the baby plant!
Endosperm – food for the baby
plant
Seed coat – protective
covering
Cotyledons – the first leaf or
leaves to appear once the
seed germinates
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Where we get the terms
“monocot” and “dicot”