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Homonym
Same Name, Different Taxon
Holotype
The one herbarium specimen upon which the author of a taxon based the name
Basionym
Original, now rejected name, part of which is used in a new combination
Priority
The first name published is the accepted name
Synonym
Different name, same taxon
Conservation
The first name published is NOT the accepted name
Pinus
Ovuliferous scale with a bract, two seeds, and sometimes an umbo
Juniperus
Female cone spherical, covered with wax, appearing like berries, flavoring for alcoholic beverages
Ginkgo
Megastrobilus of just two ovules; seed drupe like, fleshy, smells of rotten butter
Gnetum
Ovules large, fleshy, colorful, multiple in cluster, looking like angiosperm fruit
Taxus
Poisonous seeds enclosed by a bright red aril
Zamia
Underside of the microsporophylls coved with many microsporangia
Fern life cycle
1) Sporophyte develops sorus of sporangium 2) Meiosis forms spores 3) Spores disperse to become male/female gametophytes 4) Sperm fertilizes egg in archegonium 5) New sporophyte forms from diploid zygote 6) zygote matures into sporophyte and once has leaves and roots-gametophyte rots…
What is the name, date, and authors name of the starting pt for botanical nomenclature?
Species Plantarum, May 1, 1753, Carl Linnaeus
Italian fellow lived 1519-1603 and wrote De Plantis Libri XVI in 1583? He is considered the first plant taxonomist.
Andrea Caesalpino
lived 1744-1829 best known for theory of evolution by inheritance of acquired traits. Wrote Flore Francoise. Who is he?
Jean Baptist de Lamark
What type of flower was considered primitive by Engler and Pranti AND what type was considered primitive by Charles Bessey?
*Engler & Prantl considered Catkins such as Aider (Alnus) & Birch (Betula) *Charkes Bessey considered The Magnolia type flower
Nomenclature
International process of naming by Linnaeus
Identifying
Looking at a plant and recognizing it
Keying
Looking at a plant and finding out the type by its traits through a key
Phylogenetic Classification
Classification of organisms based of their assumed evolutionary histories & relationships

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