Ch 24 Botany rev

1. Which group of useful plants belongs to the Laurel Family?

2. Which of the following plants could be used as a good source of fructose sugar?

3. Which of the following “survival” materials could you use for food?

4. Which group of useful plant products is associated with the Mint Family?

5. Which group of flavoring substances is associated with the Carrot Family?

6. Vavilov recognized eight centers of origin of cultivated plants. These centers did not include

7. The Poppy Family is the source of several drugs, including

8. A family famous for its latex-producing members is the

9. Asparagus, soaproot, and sansevieria are all members of the

10. Members of the Rose Family characteristically

11. N. I. Vavilov followed up work on the origin of cultivated plants by a Swiss botanist named

12. Of Vavilov's centers, which of the following is believed to have been the source of the fewest plants in cultivation today?

13. Which of the following is geographically the smallest of Vavilov's centers?

14. Which of the following families is characterized by having numerous stamens and pistils, petals often irregular in number, and a superior ovary?

15. Which of the following families is characterized by having four petals, four sepals, six stamens, and a silique or silicle for a fruit?

16. Which of the following families is characterized by having fused petals, stamens fused to the corolla, and a superior ovary that develops into a berry or a capsule?

17. The most widely distributed family, which also has the largest numbers of individuals, is the

18. The family whose members include many that have an inflorescence in which a single female flower is elevated on a gynophore is the

19. Poinsettia, cassava, and Para rubber all belong to the

20. Potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants all belong to the

21. The tiny individual flowers that comprise a single sunflower inflorescence are called

22. The members of which of the following families all have minute seeds that must become associated with a specific mycorrhizal fungus in order to develop?

23. Which of the following drugs is produced by members of the Lily Family?

24. Which of the following flavoring or aromatic substances is produced by members of the Mint Family?

25. Which of the following families has the stamens and pistil fused into a single structure?