Chapter 25 -SEEDLESS PLANTS

club mosses

earliest group of seedless vascular plants

embryophyte

other name for land plant; embryo is protected and nourished by the sporophyte

seedless vascular plant that produces large fronds; the most advanced group of seedless vascular plants

hornworts

group of non-vascular plants in which stomata appear

horsetail

seedless vascular plant characterized by joints

liverworts

most primitive group of the non-vascular plants

mosses

group of bryophytes in which a primitive conductive system appears

non-vascular plant

plant that lacks vascular tissue, which is formed of specialized cells for the transport of water and nutrients

phloem

tissue responsible for transport of sugars, proteins, and other solutes

seedless vascular plant

plant that does not produce seeds

strobili

cone-like structures that contain the sporangia (where spores are produced)

vascular plant

plant containing a network of cells that conducts water and solutes through the organism

vein

bundle of vascular tissue made of xylem and phloem

whisk fern

seedless vascular plant that lost roots and leaves by reduction

xylem

tissue responsible for long-distance transport of water and nutrients

seedless nonvascular plants / bryophytes

liverworts, hornworts, mosses

vascular seedless plants- lycophytes

club mosses, quillworts, spike mosses

vascular seedless plants- pterophytes

whisk ferns, horsetails, ferns

seed plants

gymnosperms and angiosperms