Usman

Category: Learn Botany Glossary

  • Lenticel

    {“group”:”Anatomy”,”term”:”Lenticel”,”exam”:”Lenticels are not stomata.”}

  • Calyx

    {“group”:”Morphology”,”term”:”Calyx”,”exam”:”Sepals = calyx; petals = corolla.”}

  • C3 plant

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”C3 plant”,”exam”:”Rice, wheat and potato are C3; maize and sugarcane are C4.”}

  • Phototropism

    {“group”:”Physiology”,”term”:”Phototropism”,”exam”:”Darwin coleoptile experiments are the classic story.”}

  • Dormancy

    {“group”:”Growth & hormones”,”term”:”Dormancy”,”exam”:”Quiescence is rest only because the environment is poor.”}

  • Pollination

    {“group”:”Reproduction”,”term”:”Pollination”,”exam”:”Pollination is not fertilisation; it only delivers the male gametophyte.”}

  • Dicot

    {“group”:”Major groups”,”term”:”Dicot”,”exam”:”Still used in school keys though not a strict clade.”}

  • Endemism

    {“group”:”Ecology”,”term”:”Endemism”,”exam”:”Western Ghats and Madagascar are high in plant endemics.”}

  • Cereal

    {“group”:”Economic botany”,”term”:”Cereal”,”exam”:”Maize is C4; wheat and rice are C3.”}

  • Mitochondrion

    {“group”:”Cell biology”,”term”:”Mitochondrion”,”exam”:”Non-green tissues and night-time metabolism rely on mitochondrial ATP.”}