Higher Plants Flashcards
(21 cards)
What are the phylum for nonvascular plants?
- Phylum Hepatophyta
- Phylum Bryophyta
- Phylum Anthocerophyta
What phylum has a gametophyte that is dominant?
Phylum Hepatophyta
What forms a flattened lobed leaflike structure called a thallus?
Phylum Hepatophyta
Where is the sporophyte found on the upper side?
On the archegoniaphore
Asexual reproduction involves the production of tiny balls or tissue called what?
“Gammae” inside the gemme cups
What does the primitive plants don’t have?
No stomata
What kind of mosses does phylum Bryophyta have?
True mosses
Where do phylum Bryophyta live in?
In dense colonies or beds
What does rhizoids does?
In each individual tiny hair like absorptive structures
Where does stemlike structures that bear leaf like blades come from?
Rhizoids
What phylum does the above structures are not true roots, stems, or leaves?
Bryophyta
In which female or male does the sporophyte grows out of?
it grows out of female gametophyte
What structures does the sporophyte consists of?
- Stea
- Capsule
- Foot
In the phylum Anthocerophyta what does the gametophyte consist of?
Is a flat plate with a few cells that are thick
In the phylum Anthocerophyta what is the shape of the sporophyte?
It is an horn-shaped and grows out of the gametophyte
Does phylum Athocerophyte have a stomata?
Yes
What are the phylum for vascular plants?
- Phylum Ptereophyta (True ferns)
- Phylum Psilophyta (Whisk fern)
- Phylum Sphenophyta (Horsetails)
- Phylum Lycophytes (Club mosses)
What is the underground stem called in the Pterophyta?
Rhizome
What do the Rhizomes bear leaves called?
Fronds and true roots
When young frond when it emerges what does it forms?
Tightly coiled fiddlehead
What is the life cycle of Ptereophyta?
