Question

Study the plant leaves than answers the questions that follow.

1. Construct a possible dichotomous key to identify the leaf specimens. 
2. States the steps followed to identify the leaf specimens. 

   Steps followed	Identity

Answer 1

1.  
   1. 1. Simple leaf …………………………………….. go to 2
      2. Compound leaf ………………………… go to 3
   2.  
      1. Leaf parallel veined ………………………….. go to 4
      2. Leaf network veined ………………………… go to 5
   3.  
      1. Three leaflets, leaf stalk ……………………. Bean
      2. More than three leaflets on leafstalk ………. Go to 6.
   4.  
      1. Leaf long and narrow ……………………… Napier grass
      2. Leaf broad and short ………………………. Trandescantia
   5.  
      1. Leaf with smooth margin ………………… mango
      2. Leaf with serrated margin …………………. Hibiscus
   6.  
      1. Pinnate leaf arrangement …………………. Mexican marigold.
      2. Bipinnate leaf arrangement …………………Jacaranda
2.  

   Steps followed	Identity
   R 1b, 3b, 6a	Mexican marigold
   S 1a, 2a, 4a	Napier glass
   T 1b, 3a	Bean
   V 1b, 3b, 6b	Jacaranda
   W 1a, 2b, 5a	Mango
   X 1a. 2b, 5b	Hibiscus
   Y 1a, 2a, 4b	Trandescantia