Starter Plants Stinkwood Pepperwood Rangiora Crown fern Parts of a Plant Pollination Wind vs Insect Pollinated Flowers Fuchsia Flowers The flowers are very decorative they have a pendulous teardrop shape and are displayed in profusion throughout the summer and autumn and a ID: 171532
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Basically BotanySlide2
‘Starter’ PlantsStinkwoodPepperwoodRangioraCrown fern…Slide3
Parts of a PlantSlide4Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10
PollinationSlide11
Wind vs Insect Pollinated FlowersSlide12Slide13
Fuchsia FlowersThe flowers are very decorative; they have a pendulous "teardrop" shape and are displayed in profusion throughout the summer and autumn, and all year in tropical species.
They have four long, slender sepals and four shorter, broader petals; in many species the sepals are bright red and the petals purple (colours that attract the hummingbirds that pollinate them), but the colours can vary from white to dark red, purple-blue, and orange. A few have yellowish tones, and recent hybrids have added the colour white in various combinations. The ovary is inferior and the fruit is a small (5–25 mm) dark reddish green, deep red, or deep purple,
edible berry
, containing numerous very small seeds. Many people describe the fruit as having a subtle grape
flavour
spiced with black pepper.
Fuchsia
hybrida
Fuchsia
excorticataSlide14
Seed DispersalWhy?Plants spread their seeds to minimise competition (eg for water) amongst seedlings
And to reduce the chance of the whole species being wiped out by a disaster.How?Water: floating seeds transported by streams, ocean currents. Eg coconut, kowhai
Explosion:
seed pods rapidly open and fling seeds out. Eg broom, gorse
Wind:
small light seeds, with structures that catch the wind are transported downwind. Eg dandelion, thistle
Eaten by animal:
fleshy tasty fruit eaten and animal egests seed out in a new location. Eg apple, apricot
Caught on animal:
seeds have hooks, catch on fur, fall off in new place. Eg
bidibidSlide15
Poor mans orchid
Dandelion
Thistledown (aka fairy)
Kowhai
bidibid
Hook grassSlide16
Seed Structure & GerminationSlide17Slide18Slide19Slide20
External Leaf Adaptations for Photosynthesis
Structure
Function
Wide blade
Thin leaf
Vein network
Green colour
Pores in leaf
Waxy surface
Strong petiole
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Leaf Cross Section
Key: 1
)
cuticle
2)
upper epidermis
3)
palisade mesophyll
4)
spongy mesophyll
5)
lower epidermis
6)
stoma
7)
guard cells
8)
xylem
9)
phloem
10)
vascular bundleSlide22
Internal Leaf Adaptations for Photosynthesis
Air space - intercellular gaps within the spongy mesophyll. These gaps are filled with gas that the plant uses (carbon dioxide - CO
2
) and gases that the plant is expelling (oxygen - O
2
, and water
vapour
).
Cuticle
- the waxy, water-repelling layer on the top and bottom surfaces of a leaf; it helps keep the leaf from dying out (and protects it from invading bacteria, insects, and fungi). The cuticle is secreted by the epidermis. Label the cuticle on the top and bottom of the leaf.
Guard
cell
- one of a pair of sausage-shaped cells that surround a stoma (a pore in a leaf). Guard cells change shape (as light and humidity change), causing the stoma to open and close.
Lower
epidermis
- the waxy skin (outermost cells) on the underside of a leaf, usually one cell thick; it keeps the leaf from drying out.
Mesophyll
- the chlorophyll-containing leaf tissue located between the upper and lower epidermis. These cells convert sunlight into usable chemical energy for the plant.
Palisade
mesophyll
- a layer of elongated cells located under the upper epidermis. These cells contain most of the leaf's chlorophyll, converting sunlight into usable chemical energy for the plant.
Spongy
mesophyll
- the layer below the palisade mesophyll; it has irregularly-shaped cells with many air spaces between the
cells, this allows gases to circulate.
These cells contain some
chlorophyll (less light gets to here).
The spongy mesophyll cells communicate with the guard cells (stomata), causing them to open or close, depending on the concentration of gases.
Stoma
- (plural stomata) a pore (or opening) in a leaf where water
vapour
and other gases leave and enter the plant. Stomata are formed by two guard cells that regulate the opening and closing of the pore. Generally, many more stomata are on the bottom of a leaf than on the top.
Upper
epidermis
- the protective, outer layer of cells on the upper surface of a leaf, usually one cell thick. The epidermis secretes the waxy
cuticle which reduces water loss.
The upper epidermis contains some guard cells (but fewer than the lower epidermis).
Vein
(vascular bundle)
- Veins provide support for the leaf and transport both water and minerals (via
xylem tubes)
and food energy (via
phloem tubes)
through the leaf and on to the rest of the plant.Slide23Slide24
Xylem & PhloemBoth are transport tissuesXylemTransports water, micronutrients from roots up to rest of plant
Forms woody layer in woody plantsMostly dead cellsPhloem
Transports sugars, metabolic products from leaves down to rest of plant
Living cellsSlide25
Multiple cross sections of a flowering plant stem showing primary and secondary
xylem
and phloemSlide26
Phloem / Xylem Celery Experiment
phloemSlide27
*Ringbarking aka girdlingBecause phloem tubes sit on the outside of the
xylem in most plants, a tree or other plant can be effectively killed by stripping away the bark in a ring on the trunk or stem. With the phloem destroyed, nutrients cannot reach the roots, and the tree/plant will die. Trees located in areas with animals such as beavers are vulnerable since beavers chew off the bark at a fairly precise height. This process is known as girdling, and can be used for agricultural purposes. For example, enormous fruits and vegetables seen at fairs and carnivals are produced via girdling. A farmer would place a girdle at the base of a large branch, and remove all but one fruit/vegetable from that branch. Thus, all the sugars manufactured by leaves on that branch have no
sinks
to go to but the one fruit/vegetable, which thus expands to many times normal size.Slide28Slide29
PhotosynthesisSlide30
Plant Pigment ChromotographySlide31Slide32
RespirationSlide33
TranspirationSlide34
*Asexual & Sexual Reproduction