Kingdom Planate: Mosses, Ferns, Pine tree, Lilly

Learn about the different phyla and characteristics of kingdom plantae

Bryophytes (Moss)

• Non-vascularized land plants that lack true roots.

• Seedless

• Rely on water for sexual reproduction

• Grows into a long filamentous structure called the Protonema which develops into antheridia (male) and archegonia (female)

Pterophytes (ferns)

• Vascularized/ contains vascular tissue called the xylem and phloem

• Seedless

• Rely on water for sexual reproduction

• A heart shaped prothallus develops and contains antheridia (male) and archegonia (female)

Gymnosperm (Pine tree)

Vascularized/have roots

Have cone-bearing seeds that is not enclosed in a fruit “naked seeds”

Angiosperms (Lilly)

Vascularized/have roots

Flowering plants

Have seeds that are enclosed in a fruit

Has a dominant sporophyte generation and a dependent gametophyte generation