Identify Plants

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  1. 2. The part of the flower that carries the pollen Name of part of a flower
  2. 5. A group of flowers arranged on a stem. The way they are arranged can help identify the plant family and therefore the plant
  3. 10. The way scientists name, describe and organize plants into closely related groups
  4. 13. Each one in a particular genus is similar, but not identical. Starts with a small letter
  5. 14. The first part of binomial name, starts with a capital letter
  6. 17. 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. 18. Flowers arranged on umbrella-like inflorescence Name of Plant family
  8. 19. The female part of the flower ovary, style and stigma Name of part of a flower
  9. 20. Inflorescences arranged on a coiled stem, flowers often blue or purple Name of Plant family
  10. 21. - Composite flowerhead - made up of disk and ray florets Name of Plant family
  11. 24. A grouping of a number of genera, that have similar flowers, fruit and/or seeds
  12. 25. Edge of leaf, can be toothed, or smooth/entire
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  1. 1. Flowers have four petals arranged in the shape of a cross Name of Plant family
  2. 3. The study of external features of a plant, helpful for identification. Can include details of leaves, flowers, fruit, stems/trunk, roots
  3. 4. A naming system for plants that uses two names, Genus and species
  4. 6. Make up the calyx, whorl on a flower below the petals Name of part of a flower
  5. 7. Flowers have 2 wings a keel and a standard/bearer, roots host bacteria which make atmospheric Nitrogen available to plants Name of Plant family
  6. 8. 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
  7. 9. Has a seed with a foot. Important NZ Genus of trees
  8. 11. The end result after a flower has been pollinated. The beginning of a new plant.
  9. 12. 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.
  10. 15. A type of inflorescence, each flower arranged around a main stem, without individual stalks
  11. 16. Flowers have two lips, inflorescence flowers arranged in whorls on stem, often have square stems Name of Plant family
  12. 22. Name for a woody stem with bark
  13. 23. Where most photosynthesis takes place, may be simple or compound