Final Test Flashcards
Phylum Monilophyta
Psilotopsida - Fern
Marattiopsida - Fern
Polypodiopsida - Fern
Equisetopsida - Fern
Phylum Monilophyta is…
- abundant in fossils and very large
- diverse over all angiosperms
- greatest diversity found in the tropics
Two types of sporangia in ferns
Eusporangium and Leptosporangium
Eusporangium parent cells (initials)
are located at the surface of the tissue from which the sporangium is produced
Eusporangium cells
divide by the formation of walls parallel to the surface, producing inner and outer cells
Eusporangium outer layer
builds up the wall of the sporangium
Eusporangium inner layer
gives rise to the spore mother cell
Eusporangium innermost layer
has tapetum, which provides nourishment to the developing cells
Eusporangium
characteristic of all vascular plants except the leptosporangia ferns
Leptosporangia arise from
a single superficial initial cell which divides traversely or obliquely (moves straight out)
Leptosporangia divides how
by a precise pattern the outer cell divides and creates an elaborate stalked sporangium with a capsule having a wall that is one cell thick
Leptosporangia within the wall
is the two layered tapetum
Leptosporangia inner mass
eventually divides into mother cells, create tetrad of spores
Leptosporangia after it nourishes the young spores within the sporangeum
the material from the tapetum is deposited is deposited around the spores
Leptosporangia unevenly thick walls called
annulus