Identify Plants

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  1. 1. A grouping of a number of genera, that have similar flowers, fruit and/or seeds
  2. 4. A naming system for plants that uses two names, Genus and species
  3. 6. Flowers arranged on umbrella-like inflorescence Name of Plant family
  4. 7. - Composite flowerhead - made up of disk and ray florets Name of Plant family
  5. 10. The study of external features of a plant, helpful for identification
  6. 13. Make up the corolla, the whorl of a flower that is often colourful or adapted to attract pollinators Name of part of a flower
  7. 15. The female part of the flower ovary, style and stigma Name of part of a flower
  8. 16. Inflorescences arranged on a coiled stem, flowers often blue or purple Name of Plant family
  9. 17. Flowers have four petals arranged in the shape of a cross Name of Plant family
  10. 20. A group of flowers arranged on a stem. The way they are arranged can help identify the plant family and therefore the plant
  11. 21. The way scientists name, describe and organize plants into closely related groups
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  1. 2. Flowers have two lips, inflorescence flowers arranged in whorls on stem, often have square stems Name of Plant family
  2. 3. Flowers have 2 wings a keel and a standard/bearer, roots host bacteria which make atmospheric Nitrogen available to plants Name of Plant family
  3. 5. A type of inflorescence, each flower arranged around a main stem, without individual stalks
  4. 8. Make up the calyx, whorl on a flower below the petals Name of part of a flower
  5. 9. Has a seed with a foot. Important NZ Genus of trees
  6. 11. The first part of binomial name, starts with a capital letter
  7. 12. Each one in a particular genus is similar, but not identical. Starts with a small letter
  8. 14. Flowers typically have 5 petals fused or joined, 5 sepals joined, 5 stamens. Many plants have some part that is poisonous Name of Plant family
  9. 18. The part of the flower that carries the pollen Name of part of a flower
  10. 19. A variety of plant that exists because people have selected and grown it in cultivation. Written with capital letters and in ‘inverted commas’. No underline or italics. Doesn’t sound like Latin.