BOT 1200 Lecture 6: BOT lecture 6
15 Feb 2017
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They are a staple food and primary source of food and energy. Fabaceae : legumes (beans) (most widely activated food plants) Edible grains: 25 % is in this family, it"s a big family. Cereals (fruits of cereals) started in the ancient civilisations (wheat, rice, corn) barley (used to make beer) and sorghum feed livestock, oats millets) they are all monocots, most plants are dicots, but all grasses and orchids are monocots. *we process the cereals and make lots of food* (breakfast cereal, popcorn, different bakery products* In the past sickles were used to harvest: These sickles were used to cut the grasses of the sumerian harvest (as well as grinding stones) Leaves: linear shape (duh they are monocots) and parallel venation. Alternate arrangement: leaves are on either side but they alternate. You can characterise by the shape, and arrangement of leaves. Culm: the stem of the grass, solid not hollow internode, usually unbranded.
