Seed Bearing Plants Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

Gymnosperms “Naked Seeds” Cone bearing plants Pine trees and ginkgo

Gametophyte is the cones Conifer tree is the sporophyte

Angiosperms Covered seeds Flowering plants

Angiosperms The plant is entirely sporophyte except within the flower

Flower anatomy

Reproduction Flower contains male and female parts Anther – male Pistil - Female

Types of fruit Simple fruit - from a single ovary (cherry or soybean pod) Aggregate fruit – from one flower with many carpels (blackberry) Multiple fruit – from a group of flowers tightly clustered together. (Pineapple)

Monocots Grasses Have one cotyledon like a corn kernel Parallel leaf veins Fibrous root stem Flower parts in multiples of 3

Dicots 2 cotyledons like a peanut or bean Leaf veins net like Tap root Flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5

Dicots vs. Monocots One cotyledon Veins parallel Vascular bundles are complex Fibrous roots Floral parts in multiple of three

Baby plants Which one be corn plant? Which one would be a pea plant

Which is monocot? Dicot? Monocot Dicot

Which is Monocot? Dicot? Dicot Monocot

Which is Monocot? Dicot? Monocot Dicot

Which is Monocot? Dicot? Dicot Monocot