Chapter 4: Pteridophytes ferns Flashcards

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Main difference between bryophytes and pteridophytes:

Pteridophytes are also known as ____ due to the lack of seeds or flowers

A

Pteridophytes(ferns) have vascular tissues unlike bryophytes

Cryptograms

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Vascular plant terminology:

_____ photosynthetic, principal lateral appendages of the stem

_____ small leaves that contain a single strand of vascular tissue

_____ large leaves that contain multiple strands of vascular tissue

A

Leaves

Microphylls

Megaphylls

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Vascular plant terminology:

_____ production of one type of spore from one kind of sporangium, they produce ____ gametophytes

____ production of two types of spores from two different kinds of sporangia, they produce ____ gametophytes

Types of spores include ____ and _____

A

Homosporous
Bisexual

Heterosporous
Unisexual
- Microspore
- Megaspore

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Vascular plant terminology:

_____ is a modified leaf that bears ____ which is the structure that produces spores

A

Sporophyll

Sporangium

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Parts of a fern & sporophyll

_____ includes the blade and petiole

_____ (looks like branches) split off into fan shaped segments

_____ like the midrib

____ Has multiple sporagia

_____ The entire thing

____ A segment of the entire thing

A

frond

rahis

costa

sorus

pinna

pinnule

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Vascular Plant Terminology:

_____ a modified leaf that bears ____ which produces ____ that develop into male gametophyte

_____ a modified leaf that bears ____ which produces ____ that develops into female gametophyte

A

Microsporophyll
Microsporangia
Microspores
MALE

Megasporophyll
Megasporangia
Megaspores
FEMALE

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Vascular Plant Terminology:

_____ a reproductive structure consisting of nonphotosynthetic sporophylls; a cone

A

strobilus

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8
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Extinct seedless vasvular plants (3)

A

Rhyniophyta

Zosterophyllophyta

Trimerophytophyta

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9
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seedless vascular plants formed vast _____ during the ____ period

Usually, it is the phyla ____ and ____

A

“coal forests”
Carboniferous period

Lycophyta
Pterophyta

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10
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Vascular plant characteristics:

Vascular tissue present include ____ & ____

Has true roots, stems and leaves

A

Xylem
Phloem

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Seedless Vascular Plants:

_____ dominant

_____ independent and small

A

Sporophyte

Gametophyte

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Classification of Pteridophyta (4)

____(_____)
____(_____)
____(_____)
____(_____)

A

Psilopsida
Psilopids

Lycopsida
Clubmosses

Sphenopsida
Horsetails

Pteropsida
Ferns

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Classification of Pteridophyta:

______
The most primitive

Stem is ____ and _____ branched

____ are present

The sporophyte is ____

Examples: ____ and ____

A

Psilopsida

Photosynthetic
Dichotomously branched

Rhizoids

Homosporous synagium

Psilotum and Tmesipteris

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Classification of Pteridophyta:

_____
Commonly known as club moss

Well-differentiated plant body with _____ root, stem, ____ and leaves

The sporophyte can be _____ or _____

Examples: _____ and _____

A

Lycopsida

Adventitious root
Rhizophores

Homosporous
Heterosporous

Selaginella
Lycopodium

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Classification of Pteridophyta:

______
Commonly known as horsetail.

Well-differentiated plant body with roots arising from ___ of the underground ____, stem and ____ leaves

Sporangia are ____ and borne on ____

Example: _____

A

Sphenopsida

Nodes
Underground rhizome
Scaly leaves

Homosporous
Strobili

Equisetum

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Classification of Pteridophyta:

______
Commonly known as a fern

Well-differentiated plant body with roots, stem and leaves

Sporophyte can be ____ or ____

_____ are multiflagellate

Examples: _____, ____, ____

A

Pteropsida

Homosporous
Heterosporous

Antherozoids

Pteris
Dryopteris
Adiantum

17
Q

Class _____ ferns

_____, ____ leaves

Sporangia are ____, can be both ____ and ____

Sporangia usually in ____

____ but not dichotomous

Distribution is ____ but ____

ABout ____ species

A

Polypodiosida

Megaphylls, fronds

Leptosporangiate
Homosporous and heterosporous

Sori

Compound branching

Global but tropical

10, 500 species