20.2 "Classification Of Plants" Flashcards
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Plants can be classified into….
Nine phyla
Mosses and their relatives are…
Seedless nonvascular plants
Grow close to the ground to absorb water and nutrients.
Nonvascular plants
Rely on freestanding water for reproduction
Seedless plants
Liverworts belong to…
Phylum Hepatophyta
Hornworts belong to…
Phylum anthoecerophyta
Mosses belong to…
Phylum bryophyta
Club mosses and ferns are…
Seedless vascular plants
Allows club mosses and ferns to grow higher off the ground
Vascular system
Club mosses belong to…
Phylum lycophyta
Ferns and their relatives belong to…
Phylum pterophyta
Do not have seeds enclosed in fruit. Are cone-bearing and evergreen.
Gymnosperms
Is reproductive structure of most gymnosperms
The cone
Is produced in male cones
Pollen
Are produced in females cones
Eggs
Develop on scales of female cones.
Seeds
Cycads are gymnosperms in…
Phylum cycadophyta
Ginkgos are gymnosperms in…
Phylum ginkgophyta
Only one specie of ginkgo live today, what specie?
Ginkgo biloba
Where grow ginkgos?
In gardens and used in urban landscaping
Are gymnosperms in phylum coniferophyta..
Conifers
Have seeds enclosed in some type of fruit.
Angiosperms
Is the reproductive structure of angiosperms
Flower
Is a mature ovary of a flower
Fruit