Exam 3 Flashcards
Who are the closest relatives to the kingdom plantae
Phylum chlorophyta
What are the shared characteristics of the kingdom plantae and phylum chlorophyta?
- similar primary pigments:
chlorophylls and carotenoids - store energy as starch
- cellulose in cell walls
Kingdom plantae Synapomorphies?
- specialized tissues for photosynthesis, conduction, support, anchorage, and protection
- multicellular eukaryotes
- exhibit alternation of generations
Kingdom plantae non vascular plants Symplesiomorphy?
lack xylem and phloem
Land adaptations for non vascular kingdom plantae plants?
- fatty cuticle to reduce water loss
- gametangia & sporangia are multicellular
- zygotes develop within parental tissues
Water related restrictions for non vascular kingdom plantae plants
- Require water so sperm can swim to eggs
- Lack of vascular tissues limits height; water must be able get to top of plant on its own
- Spores are water (or wind) dispersed
What phylums are apart of the non vascular kingdom plantae
- Phylum Hepaticophyta
- Phylum Anthocerophyta
- Phylum Bryophyta
Phylum Hepaticophyta
- liverworts
What are the two forms of Phylum Hepaticophyta
- thallid: leaf-like bodies, most common
- “leafy”: bodies composed of 3 leaf-like layers, less common
Phylum Hepaticophyta (thallid)
- “leaves” 10 cells thick at margin, 30 at midrib
- Upper layer is composed of chambers
- Middle layer is composed of parenchyma
- Lower layer grows rhizoids
Phylum Hepaticophyta (thallid) asexual reproduction
- gametophyte thallus creates gemma cups via mitosis; contain gemmae
- gemma is splashed out by rain
- new thallus by mitosis
Phylum Hepaticophyta (thallid) sexual reproduction
- separate male and female gametophyte plants create either antheridiophores (male, tiny umbrellas) OR archegoniophores (female, tiny palm trees)
- gametangia create gametes:antheridia create spermarchegonia create 1 egg each
- raindrops stimulate sperm cell release
- sperm swim to archegonia
- fertilization creates zygote
- zygote → immature sporophyte; grows within archegonium via mitosis
- sporocytes in capsule create spores via meiosis 8. when sporophytes mature, capsule opens
- elater cells twitch to help with spore dispersal
- spores germinate and become male or female gametophyte plants
Phylum Hepaticophyta (leafy)
- Leaf-like, but not actually leaves
- three layers: Top 2 layers are leaf-like thalli, Bottom layer: creates rhizoids that anchor the plant
Phylum Anthocerophyta
- hornworts
- Gametophyte is leaf-like, very similar to liverwort
Phylum Anthocerophyta Sporophyte anatomy
- foot: underneath surface; binds sporophyte to gametophyte
- meristem: growth region that extends sporophyte from base
- numerous stomata
Phylum Bryophyta
- mosses
- leaf-like blades one cell thick, except at midrib
- no typical leaf structures
- attach to stem-like axis
- Root-like rhizoids anchor plant
- Water conduction occurs primarily outside of plant
- Gametophyte is green and “leafy”
Phylum Bryophyta reproduction
- male and female gametangia are on the same plant (monoecious)
- sperm swim to archegonia and down neck canal 3. fertilization creates a zygote
- zygote creates foot for attachment (via mitosis) gametophyte provides nutrients
- zygote matures into sporophyte
- Sporophyte creates spores via meiosis
- operculum and calyptra fall off
- spores released through peristome
- spores germinate into filamentous protonema(algae-like)
- protonema grow, develop leafy buds
- rhizoids extend from base
- buds grow into gametophytes
Phylum Bryophyta Sporophyte anatomy
- calyptra = tip of venter that remains on sporophyte as it grows upward
- seta = stalk
- capsule = at tip of stalk; produces spores
- operculum = protective lid
- peristome - mouthlike opening of capsule
Seedless vascular plants Land adaptations
- fatty cuticle to reduce water loss
- gametangia & sporangia are multicellular
- zygotes develop within parental tissues
- vascular tissues: xylem and phloem (most) true roots, stems, and leaves
Seedless vascular plants water restrictions
water still needed so sperm can swim to egg
What phylums are apart of the seedless vascular kingdom plantae
- Sporophyte is dominant form
1. Psilophyta
2. Lycophyta
3. Equisetophyta
4. Polypodiophyta
Phylum Psilophyta
- whisk ferns
- lack roots, rhizomes have rhizoids that act like root hairs
- lack leaves
- stem and epidermis are photosynthetic
- enations are little flaps/knobs that occur along stems
Phylum Psilophyta Reproduction
- sporangia create spores by meiosis
- spores germinate into gametophyte plants
- monoecious gametophyte plant creates both archegonia and antheridia
- sperm swim to egg and fertilize within archegonium 5. sporophyte zygote does mitosis creates a foot and a rhizome
- rhizome creates vertical stems that are adult sporophyte plants
Phylum Lycophyta
- club mosses
what are the three groups in Phylum Lycophyta
- ground pines
- spike mosses
- quillworts
Phylum Lycophyta ground pines
- little Christmas trees
- microphylls: leaves
- spread underground via rhizomes
Phylum Lycophyta ground pines reproduction
- adult sporophyte creates cone-like strobili
- strobili grow little leaves called sporophylls
- sporangia grow in axils of sporophylls
- sporocytes in sporangia create spores via meiosis
- spores germinate into gametophyte plants
- each gametophyte plant develops both archegonia AND antheridia
- sperm swim to archegonia and fertilize eggs
- sporophyte zygote does mitosis and grows into adult sporophyte plant
Phylum Lycophyta Spike mosses
- ~700 species in the genus Selaginella
- ligules: tongue-like appendages on each leaf
- create two different spore types: heterospory
Phylum Lycophyta Spike mosses reproduction
- adult sporophyte creates strobili
- strobili grow sporophylls
- two types of sporangia grow in axils of sporophylls: microsporangia → small spores, megasporangia → large spores
- spores escape sporangia
- spores germinate when conditions allow
- both gametophytes mature
- sperm swim to archegonia and fertilize eggs
- sporophyte zygote does mitosis and develops into adult sporophyte
Phylum Lycophyta Quillworts
- develop corms
- long-lived
- leaves have ligules at spoon-shaped bases
- frequently grow with roots under water
Phylum Lycophyta Quillworts reproduction
- adult sporophytes heterosporous: microsporangia → microspores, megasporangia → megaspores
- spores escape from sporangia
- spores germinate in proper conditions
- both gametophytes mature
- sperm swim to archegonia and fertilize eggs
- sporophyte embryo does mitosis and develops into adult sporophyte.
Phylum Equisetophyta
- horsetails
- reduced whorled leaves fused at nodes
- silica in epidermal cells
- longitudinal ribs along stem
- vascular tissue arranged in a ring
- pith in center disappears
- may spread via rhizomes that create adventitious roots
Phylum Equisetophyta reproduction
- adult sporophyte creates strobili
- strobili have sporangia supported by sporangiophores
- sporangia create spores via meiosis
- dispersed spores equipped with elaters that extend like wings; increased humidity causes elaters to coil, dropping spore out of the air
- spores germinate into gametophyte plants
- antheridia and/or archegonia are createdsome plants are monoecious, some are only male
- sperm swim to archegonia and fertilize eggs
- sporophyte zygote does mitosis and grows into adult sporophyte plant
Phylum Polypodiophyta
- ferns
- body may or may not have vertical stem
- often have pinnately compound leaves (fronds)
- each little blade is called a pinna
- rhizomes often used to spread underground
Phylum Polypodiophyta reproduction
- adult sporophyte develops sori under frondssori = small clusters of sporangiaprotected by a flap called an indusium
- mature sporangia burst, throwing spores to the wind 3. spores germinate and grow into heart-shaped gametophytes (prothalli)
- prothalli create both antheridia and archegonia(monoecious)
- sperm swim to archegonia to fertilize eggs
- sporophyte zygote does mitosis and matures into adult sporophyte plant
what are the 4 phylums apart of Gymnosperms
- Pinophyta
- Cycadophyta
- Ginkgophyta
- Gnetophyta
what are the land adaptations for Gymnosperms
- fatty cuticle to reduce water loss
- gametangia & sporangia are multicellular
- zygotes develop within parental tissues
- vascular tissues: xylem and phloem (most) true roots, stems, and leaves
- no water needed for fertilization
- seeds: waterproof capsules to protect sporophyte embryo
what are the land limitations for Gymnosperms
- depend on wind to move “sperm” to egg
- depend on wind for seed dispersal
Phylum Pinophyta
- Coniferous woody plants: pine, cedar, spruce, redwood
- Leaves modified into needles
Phylum Pinophyta Reproduction
- sporophyte is dominant
1. Adult sporophyte creates:
1a. Pollen cones (male) covered in microsporophylls AND
1b. Seed cones (female) covered in megasporophylls
2a. Microsporocytes in microsporangia create microspores by meiosis
2b. Megasporocytes in megasporangia create 4 megaspores by meiosis
3a. Microspores develop into pollen grains 4 cells + 2 air sacs (“wings”) each
3b. 3 megaspores die, remaining 1 becomes mature female gametophytecreates 2-6 archegonia, each with 1 egg
4. Pollen is carried by wind and sticks to “pollen drop”
5. Pollen is drawn to the top of the nucellus6. Pollen germinates
7. 1 cell dies and 1 cell creates sterile cell and spermatogenous cell
8. Spermatogenous cell creates 2 non-flagellated sperm
9. Pollen tube contacts archegonium
10. Sperm fertilizes egg
11. Zygote grows into embryo, then pauses
12. Integument of sporophyte develops into seed coat and wing
13. Seed flies off and germinates
Phylum Ginkgophyta
- Ginkgo trees
- sperm are flagellated: swim in pollen tube
- female ginkgos produce smelly, fleshy seeds
Phylum Cycadophyta
- Cycads
- huge strobili located in center of plant
- sometimes pollinated by beetles
Phylum Gnetophyta
- Gnetophytes
- monoecious or dioecious
- phylum synapomorphy: tracheid + vessels in xylem
Angiosperms
- flowering plants
- seeds and ovules surrounded by a carpel
- Major advancement: flowers
what are annuals
- produce flowers (and seeds) in 1 growing season
what are biennials
-in 2 growing seasons
what are perennials
- in more than 2 growing seasons
Inflorescence
group of flowers on a stalk
Peduncle
the stalk for an inflorescence
Pedicel
the stalk for an individual flower
Receptacle
swollen area at a base of flower to which various parts are attached
Sepal
- usually green, leafy protection of bud
- collectively, called calyx
Petal
- usually showy, attracts pollinators
- collectively, called corolla