Exam 2 (2) Flashcards
Some characteristic features of bryophytes
- Most primitive of all plants
- Poikliohydric
- Non-vascular
- Haploid dominant life cycle
Life cycle of bryophytes includes a haploid _____ phase alternating with a diploid ______ phase
- Gametophye
- Sporophyte
All higher plants have a life cycle dominated by diploid _____ and ______ is greatly reduced
- Sporophyte
- Gametophyte
Bryophytes are ______ dominant
gametophyte
Bryophytes are direct descendants of ______
Charophyta
Features Bryophytes share with Charophyta
- 3D branching
- Cell division mechanism
- Presence of antheridia
- Dominant gametophyte
______ is the common ancestor to Bryophyta and higher vascular plants
charophyta
New traits in bryophytes as adaptions to life on land
- Both egg and sperm are protected in multicellular structures
- Stomata for water conservation
- 2n sporophyte is dependent on n gametophyte
- The fertilized egg is retained by parent plant for greater protection
- Origin of cuticle for water conservation
Pokilohydric
Water content of bryophyte changes with water content of environmetn
Mosses are ______ and can change moisture with the environment and can dry without ______
poikilohydric / dying
Mosses are the _____ of the plant world
Amphibians
How do ectohydric mosses conserve water
-capillary spaces hold water
Mosses reproduce by:
windblown spores
3 DIVISIONS of bryophytes
Anthrocerophyta
Hepatophyta
Bryophyta
Anthocerophyta are the ______ and are characterized by
- Hornworts
- Rosette like thallus
- Habitat: moist soil
- Long sporophore dehisces longitudinally