20.2 "Classification Of Plants" Flashcards
Plants can be classified intoโฆ.
Nine phyla
Mosses and their relatives areโฆ
Seedless nonvascular plants
Grow close to the ground to absorb water and nutrients.
Nonvascular plants
Rely on freestanding water for reproduction
Seedless plants
Liverworts belong toโฆ
Phylum Hepatophyta
Hornworts belong toโฆ
Phylum anthoecerophyta
Mosses belong toโฆ
Phylum bryophyta
Club mosses and ferns areโฆ
Seedless vascular plants
Allows club mosses and ferns to grow higher off the ground
Vascular system
Club mosses belong toโฆ
Phylum lycophyta
Ferns and their relatives belong toโฆ
Phylum pterophyta
Do not have seeds enclosed in fruit. Are cone-bearing and evergreen.
Gymnosperms
Is reproductive structure of most gymnosperms
The cone
Is produced in male cones
Pollen
Are produced in females cones
Eggs