Introduction to Bryophytes and Plant Classification

Bryophytes

Seedless non-vascular plants including liverworts, mosses, and hornworts.

Phylum Hepaticophyta

The phylum that includes liverworts.

Phylum Bryophyta

The phylum that includes mosses.

Phylum Anthocerophyta

The phylum that includes hornworts.

Autotrophic

Organisms that produce their own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

Cellulose

A complex carbohydrate that forms the cell wall of plants.

Gametophyte

The haploid phase (n) of a plant that produces gametes.

Sporophyte

The diploid phase (2n) of a plant that produces spores.

Antheridium

The male reproductive structure that produces sperm.

Archegonium

The female reproductive structure that contains an egg.

Fragmentation

An asexual reproduction process where a plant can regenerate from fragments.

Dioecious

Plants that have distinct male and