FERNS & ALLIES Flashcards
vascular plants are also called
tracheophyta
tracheophyta are a ___ of land plants
monophyletic subgroup
apomorphies of vascular plants
(1) lignified secondary walls, with pits, in certain specialized cells
(2) sclerenchyma, specialized cells that function in structural support
(3) tracheary elements, cells of xylem tissue
(4) sieve elements, cells of phloem tissue
(5) endodermis
(6) an independent, long-lived sporophyte.
in addition, all extant vascular plants, all except for the earliest fossil lineages such as rhyniophytes possess two other apomorphies:
(7) sporophytic
leaves, which are associated with the stem in a shoot system
(8) roots.
___ also known as ferns and fern alliies
pterydophytes
4 composition of pteridophytes
lycopodiophytes
psilotophytes
equisetophytes
leptosporangiate ferns
does the 4 composition of pteridophytes form a monophyletic group?
no
______ disperse by spores
free-sporing tracheophytes
(2) other names for lycopodiophyta
lycophytes
lycopods
___ are a lineage of plants that diverged after the rhyniophytes
lycopodiophytes
fossil fern allies
rhyniophytes
refers to the first tracheary cells that develop within a patch of xylem and that are typically smaller and have thinner cell walls than the later formed metaxylem.
protoxylem
the roots of lycophytes have _____ protoxylem
endarch
the stems of lycophytes have an ___
exarch protoxylem
lycophytes have a sporophytic structure known as a
lycophyll
are characterized as having an intercalary meristem and lacking a gap in the vasculature of stem.
lycophylls
lycophylls also have a __, ___ vein
single unbranched
Lycophylls may have evolved from small appendages called ___ which may resemble lycophylls but which lack vasculature.
enations
enations lack ___
vasculature
lycophylls may have been formed by the ____ from the stem into the enation and flattening of this structure into a ____.
innervation of vasculature tissue
dorsoventral planar posture
The only lycophytes that survived to the present are __, ___, ___, typically grouped into three families
small
nonwoody
herbaceous plants
(3) surviving families of lycophytes
lycopodiaceae
sellaginellaceae
isoetaceae
the lycopodiaceae contains how many species
380 spcies
lycopodiaceae are commonly called __
club-mosses
lycopodiaceae are distinguihsed by having a condition known as ___
homospory
the condition distinguished by having only one type of spore
homospory
The Lycopodiaceae contain about __ species in five genera
300
five genera of lycopodiaceae
diphasiastrum
huperzia
lycopodiella
lycopodium
phylloglossum
Sporangia of the Lycopodiaceae, develop laterally in the axils of specialized leaves termed ___
sporophylls
The sporophylls are similar to the ___ and co-occur with them on shoots that are indeterminate, i.e. with continuous growth.
vegetative leaves
Lycopodiaceae are ___ or ___ usually ___ tall, with ___ branching stems.
terrestrial
epiphytic plants
5-20 cm
dichotomously
lycopodiaceae
roots ___ branching
dichotomously
lycopodiaceae
leaves ___, ___ long, with -_ unbranched vein, often densely covering the ___
simple
0.2-2 cm
1
stem
lycopodiaceae
Sporangia ± __-shaped, opening by a transverse slit that divides the sporangium in ___; solitary in leaf axils or borne on leaf bases
kidney
two
lycopodiaceae
Sporophylls __ or ___ and sometimes clustered into ___
unmodified
modified
strobili
gametophytes of lycopodiaceae
mycorrhizal
how many species in selaginellaceae - in a single genus
700 species
selaginellaceae is more commonly known as
spike moss
Species of Selaginella occur in __ vegetative forms. these are:
isomorphic
dimorphic
Some selaginella have spirally arranged vegetative leaves that are “___” of only one size and shape.
isomorphic
Other species of selaginella are prostrate, have leaves that are “___”, of two forms, arranged in four rows: two lateral rows of larger leaves and two upper, or dorsal, rows of smaller leaves.
dimorphic
Spike-mosses are __, __, and __ plants under __ tall.
terrestrial
herbaceous
perennial
2 cm
selaginella
roots __ branching
dicotomously
selaginella
rhizophores are usually produced from the ___, ___ branching
stems
dichotomously