Vocabulary and Word Derivations


Lichens and mycorrhiza

lichen: a symbiosis between algae and fungi

mycobiont (myco-, "fungus" + -biont, "one who lives [with]")

phycobiont (phyco-, "alga" + -biont, "one who lives [with]")

crustose (crust-, "crust" + -ose, "having the qualities of")

foliose (foli-, "leaves" + -ose, "having the qualities of")

fruticose (frutic-, "fruit" + -ose, "having the qualities of")

cortex (L. "bark")

medulla (general term for an inner part, surrounded by a cortex)

rhizine (Gk. rhizo, "root")

soredium (Gk. soros, "heap")

isidium

appressorium (ap-, "on, against" + -pressor-, "one who presses" + -ium, suffix for a noun)

haustorium (from Gk. hauster, "one who drinks")

ectomycorrhiza [pl. ectomycorrhizae] (ecto-, "outside" + mycorrhiza)

endomycorrhiza [pl. endomycorrhizae] (endo-, "inside" + mycorrhiza) = VAM = vesicular/arbuscular mycorrhiza

vesicle ("small vessel")

arbuscule (arbusc-, "tree-like" + -ule, diminutive suffix)

Chlorophyta

Chlorophyta

Prasinophyceae

Chlorophyceae

Ulvophyceae

Charophyceae

reticulate

phycoplast (phyco-, "algae" + -plast, "formed element")

phragmoplast (phragmo-, "fence, enclosure" + -plast, "formed element")

coenobium [pl. coenobia]

siphonous

desmid

rhizoid (rhizo-, "root" + -id, "like")

stonewort

Coleocheatales

zygospore

sporopollenin

Bryophyta

Plantae (L. "plants")

tracheophyte

bryophyte

sporophyte

sporangium

foot

seta

gametophyte

gametangium

antheridium

stalk

spermatogenous

archegonium

venter

neck

embryo

rhizoid

calyptra

Hepatophyta

thallose

gemma [pl. gemmae]

elater

Anthocerophyta

Bryophyta

peristome

capsule

operculum

Seedless vascular plants

Rhyniophyta

Zosterophyllophyta

Trimerophyta

Pterophyta

Lycophyta

Lycopodiacieae

Selaginellaceae

Isoetaceae

Sphenophyta

Psilotophyta

Progymnospermophyta

dermal tissue system

vascular tissue system

ground tissue system

protostele

siphonostele

eustele

microphyll

megaphyll

homospory

heterospory

strobilus [pl. strobili]

sporophyll

adventitious root

Pterophyta

phloem

sieve element

xylem

lignin

tracheary element

tracheid

protostele

siphonostele

eustele

rhizome

adventitious roots

frond

petiole

rhizome

sporophyll

sorus [pl., sori] (L. "heap")

indusium [pl., indusia] (L. "woman's undergarment")

prothallus [pl., prothalli]

eusporangiate

eusporangium [pl., eusporangia ]

Filicinales

leptosporangiate

leptosporangium [pl., leptosporangia ]

Azolla

Salvinia


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