Kingdom Viridiplantae
Angiosperms
- Heterosporous
- Sperm not motile; conducted to egg by pollen tube
- Seeds enclosed within fruit
- Leaves greatly varied in size and form
- Herbs, vines, shrubs, trees
- About 14,000 genera
Fruit Types
Fruit Type (True berries, drupes, aggregate fruits, legumes, samaras, multiple fruit)
Fruit Type characteristics
Fruit Type characteristics
Flower Morphology
Pedicle
Sepals
Petals
Stamens (filament and anther)
Carpel (stigma, style, ovary)
Sepals
Petals
Stamens (filament and anther)
Carpel (stigma, style, ovary)
Angiosperm Seed Morphology
Micropile
Hilum
Cotyledons (function = food storage)
Seed coat
Embryo (epicotyl, hypocotyl, radical)
Hilum
Cotyledons (function = food storage)
Seed coat
Embryo (epicotyl, hypocotyl, radical)