angiosperm
Seed-bearing flowering plant
An angiosperm is a flowering plant—one that produces seeds enclosed within a fruit, as opposed to conifers and other gymnosperms whose seeds are exposed.
Angiosperms dominate most terrestrial ecosystems and include grasses, hardwood trees, and nearly all food crops.
The term is botanical rather than everyday: Angiosperms first diversified in the Cretaceous period.
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- fruitEdible plant ovary
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
embryo · cotyledon · dispersal · zygote · pericarp · plumule · radicle · propagation
Pollen-producing flower organ
- pistilSeed-producing flower organ
- petalBloom's colorful segment
- sepalOuter floral whorl segment
- antherPollen-producing structure
filament · style · ovary · ovule · perianth · carpel · receptacle · stigma
Light-to-sugar conversion in plants
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- stomataMicroscopic plant pores
- xylemPlant water conduit
- phloemPlant sugar-transport tissue
vascular · turgor · transpiration · autotrophic · deciduous · evergreen · perennial · annual
Plant with paired embryonic leaves
- monocotyledonSingle embryonic leaf plant
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
- familyRelated people together
genus · species · order · class · division · kingdom · basal · monophyletic
Organism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
woodland · grassland · pollinator · coevolution · dispersal · endemic · invasive · native
pollination
Flower reproductive transfer
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- fruitEdible plant ovary
seed · embryo · cotyledon · dispersal · zygote · pericarp · plumule · radicle · propagation · double fertilization
stamen
Pollen-producing flower organ
anther · filament · style · ovary · ovule · perianth · carpel · receptacle · stigma · pollen
photosynthesis
Light-to-sugar conversion in plants
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- stomataMicroscopic plant pores
- xylemPlant water conduit
phloem · vascular · turgor · transpiration · autotrophic · deciduous · evergreen · perennial · annual · biennial
dicotyledon
Plant with paired embryonic leaves
- monocotyledonSingle embryonic leaf plant
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
family · genus · species · order · class · division · kingdom · basal · monophyletic · systematics
habitat
Organism's natural environment
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- canopyOverhead protective covering
rainforest · woodland · grassland · pollinator · coevolution · dispersal · endemic · invasive · native · succession
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- tree typesdeciduous, evergreen, conifer, broadleaf, hardwood
- botanybotany, plants, plant biology, plant, plant anatomy
- plant biologyphotosynthesis, chloroplast, pollination, stamen, pistil
- seed plantsgymnosperms, conifers, flowering plants, flowering plant, conifer