It is a complete or perfect flower if it both has
Stamen and Pistil
All gymnosperm leaves including the needle-like leaves of conifers are called what?
Megaphylls
It is the food store providing energy for future cell divisions
tapetum
Sieve cells and albuminous cells
What generation do gymnosperms exhibits and what generation is more dominant?
Alternation of heteromorphic generation; sporophyte
Several flowers of an inflorescence crowded together on one stem
Multiple
4 divisions of Gymnosperms
2. Cycadophyta
3. Ginkgophyta
4. Gnetophyta
Increases genetic variation, population more resistant to environmental change
Cross-pollination
What is the tallest organism on earth of pines
Sequoia semperivens
It is a small opening in the walls called ____; where do they enter?
Micropyle; in pollen tubes
What are the three types of ovary position and what do they mean?
1. Hypogynous - ovary superior
2. Perigynous - ovary half-inferior
3. Epigynous - ovary inferior
Papery leaves
what are the 3 parts of a pericarp and where are they located?
1. Endocarp - inner layer
2. Mesocarp - middle layer
3. Exocarp - outer layer
It is always dioecious and it produces pollen and seed cones
Cycads
The embryo sac divides by meiosis to form what?
4 haploid cells
It is called the cluster of bracts
Involucre
Three orders of Gnetophyta?
1. Welwitschiales
2. Ephedrales
3. Gnetales
What do seeds contain? [three]
1. Seed coat
2. embryonic plant
3. Nutrient reserve
Ginkgo females form fleshy seeds which contains?
Butyric acid
Scientific name of the Baguio pines?
Pinus kesiya
What are the seven types of placentation?
1. Marginal
2. Axile
3. Parietal
4. Free-central
5. Basal
6. Basal
7. Apical
longitudinal section cut parallel to the radius that passes through the center of the stem or parallel to the rays
Radial section
The haploid nucleus of the surviving megaspore undergoes how many ____ divisions?
three mitotic divisions
It is monotypic, short, wide stems and only 2 leaves that grow from basal meristem
Welwitschiales
Why is gymnosperms more advanced than ferns?
Because they don't have spores, they have seeds.