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| Taxonomists compare | Flower patterns, stem & leaf structures, life cycles, genetic similarities |
| Botanists call plants by their last two taxas | genus and species |
| Binomial nomenclature means | two-word naming system |
| Why latin is used to name plants | Universal, very descriptive, unchanged ( no slang words) |
| Genus is: | capitalized |
| Species is: | lower case |
| Plants are classified into four major groups | Bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms |
| Ferns reproduce from | spores on underside of frond |
| Ferns have... | no true leaves, only fronds |
| Gymnosperms reproduce... | with seeds found in cones |
| Gymnosperms also known as | conifers |
| Most Gymnosperms are.. | Evergreen, hold on to their green color year round |
| Angiosperms reproduce.. | by flowers |
| There are two types of Angiosperms | monocots & dicots |
| A cotyledon is a | food storage structure in the seed |
| Monocots have a | single cotyledon |
| Dicots have | two cotyledons |
| Monocots have | narrow leaves, fibrous root system |
| Dicots have | broad leaves, taproot system |
| Plants grow from seed, flower, produce new seeds all in one season | annuals |
| It dies after producing new seeds | annuals |
| Have a herbaceous stem- green and fleshy | annuals |
| Plants that live for two years, then die | Biennials |
| Food is produced during the first year, flowers the second year | Biennials |
| Plants that live for three or more years, flower for a short time, do not die after flowering, can be herbaceous or woody-having thick stems made of wood. | Perennials |
| Germination, Growth, Flowering, Death | Annuals |
| Germination, Growth, Flowering, Dormancy | Perennials |
| Season #1 Germination, Growth, Dormancy, Season #2, Growth, Flowering, Death | Biennials |
