Biodiversity Of Plants Flashcards
3 large main types of bryophytes
Mosses and liverworts
What are angiosperms
Flowering plants that produce seeds within fruits (e.g., roses, sunflowers).
Pteridiophytee
Ferns and related plants reproducing via spores.
Gymnosperms
Gymnosperms: Plants with naked seeds (e.g., conifers like pine trees).
Alternation of generations
Stages of alternation of generations
Haploid stage: Unicellular spores undergo mitosis to form multicellular gametophytes.
Gametophyte stage: The gametophyte produces gametes (sperm and egg) through mitosis.
Diploid stage: The fusion of gametes forms a diploid zygote, which undergoes mitosis to form a sporophyte.
Sporophyte stage: The multicellular sporophyte undergoes meiosis to produce haploid spores.