3.4 Vascular Seedless Plants

0.0(0)
studied byStudied by 3 people
0.0(0)
full-widthCall Kai
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
GameKnowt Play
Card Sorting

1/10

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

11 Terms

1
New cards

Characteristics of vascular plants

  • true roots, stems and leaves

  • possess cuticle, stomata, lignin

  • Sporophyte dominant

  • Gametophyte small and independent

  • requires water for production

2
New cards

Apical Meristems

  • mitotically active zone of cells

  • grows at tips of roots

<ul><li><p>mitotically active zone of cells</p></li><li><p>grows at tips of roots</p></li></ul><p></p>
3
New cards

Microphyll

  • small simple vascular system with unbranched vein in leaf

<ul><li><p>small simple vascular system with unbranched vein in leaf</p></li></ul><p></p>
4
New cards

Megaphyll

large leaves with pattern of branching veins

<p>large leaves with pattern of branching veins</p>
5
New cards

Club Mosses

  • earliest group of seedless vascular plants

  • stem and microphylls

  • sporophyte dominant

  • strobili with sporangia

<ul><li><p>earliest group of seedless vascular plants</p></li><li><p>stem and microphylls</p></li><li><p>sporophyte dominant</p></li><li><p>strobili with sporangia</p></li></ul><p></p>
6
New cards

Horsetails

  • thin leaves, little photosynthesis

  • strobili contain sporangia

<ul><li><p>thin leaves, little photosynthesis</p></li><li><p>strobili contain sporangia</p></li></ul><p></p>
7
New cards

Whisk Ferns

  • knob shaped sporangia

  • lack roots, underground rhizomes

  • photosynthesis occurs in stems

  • lack leaves

<ul><li><p>knob shaped sporangia</p></li><li><p>lack roots, underground rhizomes</p></li><li><p>photosynthesis occurs in stems</p></li><li><p>lack leaves</p></li></ul><p></p>
8
New cards

True Ferns

  • most advanced

  • true roots, stems leaves

  • mature leaves have sori with sporangia

  • flagellated sperm

<ul><li><p>most advanced</p></li><li><p>true roots, stems leaves</p></li><li><p>mature leaves have sori with sporangia</p></li><li><p>flagellated sperm</p></li></ul><p></p>
9
New cards

Life Cycle of fern

knowt flashcard image
10
New cards

Life stages

  • sporophyte is dominant

  • gametophyte independent, short lived

11
New cards

Practice of lifecycle

knowt flashcard image