Unit 2 plant phylums

• Phylum Bryophyta:   * Nonvascular plant   * “Mosses”

• Phylum Hepatophyta:   * nonvascular plant   * “liverworts”

• Phylum Anthocerophyta:   * nonvascular plant   * “Hornworts”

• Phylum Lycophyta:   * Seedless Vascular   * “Club Mosses”   * Contain Roots, Leaves (microphylls)

• Phylum Sphenophyta:   * Seedless Vascular   * “horsetails”   * Contain Roots, Stems w silica, leaves (microphylls), Equisetum

• Phylum Psilophyta:   * Seedless vascular   * “Whisk fern”   * Contains no roots or leaves

• Phylum Pterophyta:   * AKA: pteridophyta   * seedless vascular   * “ferns”   * contains: roots, fronds (megaphylls)   * shade intolerant   * homospourous

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• Phylum Cycadophyta:   * seeded vascular   * “naked-seed” plant

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• Phylum Gnetophyta:   * gymnosperm   * seeded vascular   * “naked-seed” plant

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• Phylum Ginkgophyta:   * gymnosperm   * seeded vascular   * “naked-seed” plant   * only 1 species alive

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• Phylum Coniferophyta:   * gymnosperm   * seeded vascular   * “naked-seed” plant   * needle trees

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• Angiosperms:   * heterosporous   * “flowering” plant   * microspore and megaspore mother cell

• Germosperm:   * heterosporous   * “naked-seed” plant

• Phylum Anthophyta:   * Angiosperm   * “Flowering” Plants   * contains stamen (male) and pistil (female)

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