Top Banner
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus The Earliest Wildflower
9

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Feb 22, 2016

Download

Documents

Guallichico

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus. The Earliest Wildflower. Endothermy in Plants . Skunk cabbage plants in family Araceae use metabolic heat to warm flowers…are thermogenic infloresence is 15-35°C higher than environment; melts snow - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Page 1: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Skunk CabbageSymplocarpus foetidus

The Earliest Wildflower

Page 2: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Endothermy in Plants

• Skunk cabbage– plants in family Araceae use metabolic heat to

warm flowers…are thermogenic– infloresence is 15-35°C higher than environment;

melts snow– heat produced by high rate of respiration (starch

transported from root to inflorescence)– metabolic rate varies with environmental

temperature

Page 3: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 4: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 5: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 6: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 7: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 8: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
Page 9: Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus