Plant Phyla
Basic terms
Systematics
Leaf it to me
Name that genus
100
gametophyte dominant, non-vascular, spore-bearing
What is "bryophytes"
100
herb, shrub, liane or tree
What is "habit"
100
Linnaeus
What is "father of taxonomy"
100
the stem of the leaf
What is "petiole"
100
Aotearoa's Christmas tree
What is "Metrosideros"
200
seeds are "naked"
What is "gymnosperms"
200
opposite or alternate
What is "phyllotaxy"
200
the science of biodiverstiy
What is "systematics"
200
shaped like a spatula
What is "spathulate"
200
native brooms
What is Carmichaelia
300
carpels are unique to these
What is "angiosperms"
300
ovules are found here
what is "ovary" (or carpel)
300
includes the descendants of an ancestor, and that ancestor
What is monophyletic
300
abaxial surface blue-green and/or waxy
What is "glaucous"
300
King Aurthur would have had this at his round table
What is "Knightia"
400
produces sporangia on the abaxial leaf surface
What is "a fern"
400
will develop into a branch or inflorescence
What is "axillary bud"
400
blue-green and/or waxy
What is "glaucous"
400
margins without teeth
What is entire
400
hinau, hinau, don't dream it's over....
What is Elaeocarpus
500
these plants posed an "Abominable Mystery" to Darwin
What is "angiosperms"
500
the surface facing towards the stem
What is "abaxial"
500
not a hair in sight
What is "glabrous"
500
comprises leaflets and petiolules
What is a compound leaf
500
Chrissen's favorite
What is "Pittosporum"
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