Bio 1111 Ch29 Nonvascular Plants

Bryophytes

no vascular plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts

Gametophyte

gamete producing part of bryophytes, require water to move sperm to egg

Gametangia

organ or cell in which gametes are produced

Archegonia

female gametangia that produce egg cells

Antheridia

male gametangia that produces sperm

Momoicious

plant bears sperm and egg on same gametophyte

Dioicous

plant bears sperm and egg ok separate gametophytes

Rhizoids

function like roots, but are not made up of vascular tissues

Sporophtyes

small structures in bryophytes that contain the sporangium which makes spores

Foot

absorbs nutrients from gametophyte

Seta

transforms nutrients to capsule

Capsule

sporangium structure that produces spores via meiosis

Protonema

chain of cells that grows from spores, develops into gametophyte