Botany

How this section works

Study the lesson, practice with the interactive tasks, and then test yourself with real Olympiad questions from past years. For each lesson, we list the exact Olympiad question(s) you’ll be ready to answer.

1. Parts of flowering plants
Olympiad questions you’ll be ready to answer:

Identify the main divisions of plants
Determine the floral formula of a given flower
Distinguish types of simple and compound inflorescences
Classify types of fruits, including special cases such as berry-like cones (galbulus)
Recognize modified shoots
Differentiate leaves by shape, margin, venation, and whether they are simple or compound