OneZoom Phylogeny Placement & Adaptations

I chose to look at Spotted Jewelweed (also known as Wild touch-me-not) on OneZoom and found that it was placed under eukaryotes -> plants -> land plants (as opposed to algae/aquatic plants) -> vascular plants (angiosperms fall under this category) -> flowering plants -> eudicots (a division that makes up ~75% of all angiosperms) -> balsam family (includes the genus of my observation, "Impatiens").

Since all angiosperms are vascular plants, all our observations have the common adaptations of the waxy cuticle and stomata. The cuticle prevents water loss while the stomata regulates the movement of water vapour, carbon dioxide, etc. in and out of the plant.

One unique adaptation of Nodding Beggarticks is that it holds the head of the plant downwards to help promote seed dispersal. This adaptation is also evident in the name of the plant as "nodding" refers to the flower head hanging down. Additionally, the seeds are hooked and likely to become latched on people, animals, etc. which also allows the plant to spread its seeds efficiently.

Publicado el 21 de septiembre de 2020 a las 04:14 PM por anitazheng