Botany

1
Botany

• Review Unit 1

2
Terms

• Alkaloids
• Binomial nomenclature
• Cultivar
• Dichotomous key
• Economic botany
• Ethnobotany
• Herbaria
• Genera (ic)

• Stimulants caffeine
• 2 name naming
• Varieties not found in nature
• Branching choices used in identification
• Study of modern uses of plants
• Study of ancient plant uses
• Plant collections
• First part of scientific name

3
Terms

• Started the naming system now used
• Used as flavorings
• Essential for life
• 2nd part of scientific name
• Not needed for growth and development
• Small but consistent differences in species
• Used as perfumes and cosmetics

• Linnaeus
• Phenols and Flavonoids
• Primary Compounds
• Specific epithet
• Secondary Compounds
• Subspecies
• Terpenes and Terpenoids

4
List the 4 characteristics our book uses to
define plants

• Multicellular
• Cell walls with cellulose
• Photosynthetic
• Adapted to life on land

5
Human uses for Plants

• Name 3 uses and give examples.

6
Scientific Names

• Write the scientific name of a plant. For example
  the White Oak
• Given species name alba
• Given genera name Quercus
• Quercus alba

7
Short answer

• Why are scientific names better than common
  names?
• Energy is converted from ________ to
  ____________by plants in the process of
  photosynthesis? What is a useful byproduct of
  this process?

Light
Chemical
Oxygen
8
Short answer

• How may secondary compounds used by plants?
• Fungi were once considered plants, why are they
  no longer?
• Algae were also once considered plants, why are
  they no longer?

Defense and attract pollinators
No chlorophyll no cellulose in walls
Unicellular or no tissue development
9
Essay

• Write a paragraph telling about the herbal you
  researched. Give its common name, its uses, and
  other information you recall.