07 Plant Diversity
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What characterizes a bryophyte such as moss?
A nonvascular land plant with a prominent gametophyte generation.
What characterizes ferns?
Seedless vascular plants with a prominent sporophyte generation.
What characterizes flowering plants (angiosperms)?
Seeds enclosed within structures derived from ovaries, with flowers and double fertilization.
What does vascular tissue allow in plants?
Internal transport through xylem and phloem.
What is the difference between a monocot and dicot seed?
Typically one versus two cotyledons, respectively.
What is trimerous floral organization?
Flower parts arranged in multiples of three, common in monocots.
What is tetramerous or pentamerous floral organization?
Flower parts arranged in multiples of four or five, common in eudicots.
What group includes mosses?
Bryophytes.
What is Viridiplantae?
The green plant lineage including green algae and land plants.
What is Archaeplastida?
A broad eukaryotic lineage including red algae, green algae, and land plants.
What is Streptophyta?
The lineage including charophyte algae and land plants.
What distinguishes land plants from many green algae?
Traits such as protected embryos, multicellular gametangia in ancestral lineages, and adaptations to terrestrial life.