Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106) - Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe |
Botany of Desire: Tulips
Tulip Biology:
1. Tulips are:
a. annual b. perennial
2. Tulips are:
a. evergreen b. deciduous
3. Tulips are:
a. herbs b. grass c. shrub d.
vine e. tree
4. The underground
portion of a tulip is a:
a. bulb b. corm c. tuber
d. rhizome
5. The underground
portion of tulips are most like:
a. onions b. lilies c. potato
d. ginger e. turnip
6. Tulips come �true
from seed.�
a. False b.
True
7. Tulips are an
example of a:
a. spring flowering bulb
b. summer flowering bulb
c. flowering annual
d. flowering perennial
8. Tulips have
distinctive petals and sepals.
a. false b. true
9. Tulips have a
scent.
a. false b. true
10. To where are tulips native? ______________________
11. Describe the �original� or native tulip.
12. What is the likely pollinator of tulips?
13. In what regard can a bee be considered a �flying penis?�
14. Identify three mechanisms by which plants avoid self-pollination.
15. What is a virus?
16. What is a �broken� tulip? Describe.
17. Explain how a tulip �breaks.�
18. What is botanical �thievery?�
Flowers & Society
Beauty
Plant/Human Coevolution?
Tulipomania
Last updated: 03/04/2005 � Copyright by SG Saupe