Nonvascular Plants Flashcards by Shriya Matamudra

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What is the Latin name for nonvascular plants?

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Bryophyte

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List the nonvascular plants.

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Mosses, hornworts, liverworts

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What is the phylum of moss?

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Bryophyta

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What is the phylum of hornworts?

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Anthoceraphyta

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What is the phylum of liverworts?

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Marchantiophyta, Hepatophyta

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What is the dominant life cycle for nonvascular plants?

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Gametophyte (n)

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What is the function of rhizoids?

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Provides anchorage for gametophyte, pseudo-root

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Why are nonvascular plants generally short?

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Lack of true vascular tissues

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Where is the sperm produced?

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Antheridia

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Where are the eggs produced?

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Archegonia

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Where does meiosis occur?

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Sporangium

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What replaces the ovule in nonvascular plants?

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Venter

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What is the gametophyte precursor?

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Protonema

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What is the calyptra and what is its function?

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Maternal structure protecting sporophyte

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What is the gemma cup?

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Receptacle on bryophyte surface

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What is the function of gemma cups?

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Asexual reproduction via fragmentation

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What is the most advanced nonvascular plant?

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Mosses

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What replaces the phloem in nonvascular plants?

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Leptoids

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What replaces the xylem in nonvascular plants?

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Hydroids

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What makes up the sporophyte?

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Foot, seta, sporangium, and stomata

Q

What is the most primitive nonvascular plant?

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Liverworts

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What is the characteristics of the sporophyte

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Dependent on gametophyte, very temporary

Q

How do rhizoids work

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osmosis

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What kind of sperm do nonvascular plants have

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flagellated

what does the antheridia need to fertilize

water for sperm

Where does the sperm fertilize the egg in the nv plant

Venter

3 components of the sporophyte

capsule, seta, foot (placenta)

ploidy of protonema

haploid

What is a plant with separate male and female plants

diecious

What plants have male and female structure on same plant

monoecious

Mosses latin name

bryophyta

most advanced nonvascular plant

mosses/bryophyta

feature of moss spores

homosporous can develop into male or female

What features make mosses so advanced

hydroid and leptoids presence

Where would the sporophyte grow

On top of female gametophyte

What is a unique feature of the bryophyta and anthocerophyta

Presence of stomata

Types of mosses

Polytrichum (haircaps) and sphagnum (peat moss)

Haircaps latin name

Polytrichum

Peat moss latin name

sphagnum

Function of peat moss

Abundant global reservoir of organic carbon

Liverworts

Marchantiophyta or hepatophyta

What is the oldest nonvascular plant

liverworts