Chapter 29 Flashcards
Seedless plants descended from…
Green algae
Land plants came from…
Freshwater algae
What is the closest relation to land plants?
Charophytes
How do land plants hold onto water and protect ta tissues?
Waxy cuticles
Filters water and gases
Stomata, looks like little mouths that can open and close
How does liverworts filter gasses and water?
Through pores that cannot close
What phases do all plants have?
Multicellular haploid and diploid phases
Plant basic lifecycle
Plant must create gamete fusion that then undergo mitosis to create the zygote. Then meiosis to restart the process
Haploid phase
Gametophyte
Diploid phase
Sporophyte
What characteristics to bryophytes share
Moist environment, lacks vascular systems and they are small.
How many phyla do Bryophytes have?
3
What are the 3 bryophyte phyla?
Bryophyta, hepaticophyta, Anthocerophyta
Phylum Bryophyta contains…
Mosses
Phylum Hepaticophyta contains…
Liverworts
