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Green Plant Phylogeny/Life Cycle (Final Exam) Flashcards

1
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Chlorophyte branch =

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chlorophyceae + ulvophyceae

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streptophyte branch =

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streptophyte algae + embryophytes

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chlorophyceae roots =

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symmetrical flagellar roots

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chlorophyceae dominant ploidy

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haploid dominant

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chlorophyceae can be

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unicellular, colonial, and multicellular algae

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some chlorophyceae are

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terrestrial algae

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Ulvophyceae roots =

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symmetrical flagellar roots

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Ulvophyceae marine groups have

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an isomorphic alternation of generations

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Ulvophyceae freshwater groups have

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a haploid dominant life cycle

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10
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Ulvophyceae forms =

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Multicellular forms as well as siphonous (coenocytic)

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Streptophyte Clade includes

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several basal clades and also land plants

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Streptophyte Clade/groups ploidy

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a haploid dominant life cycle

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13
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Streptophyte Clade/groups developed _____ & ______

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oogamy

& sporopollenin = Desiccation and decay resistant

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14
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(Streptophyte Clade/groups) precursors to land plants developed

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a heteromorphic alternation of generations

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nonvascular plants =

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basal groups of embryophytes

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16
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nonvascular plant group is a

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paraphyletic group

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17
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nonvascular plants all lack

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X & P

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18
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nonvascular plants all have dominant…

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(long-lived) gametophyte generations

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19
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nonvascular plants all disperse

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spores long distances

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20
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nonvascular plants all have sperm that

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swim short distances

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21
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Liverworts aka

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Marchantiophyta

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22
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Liverworts are the

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oldest extant lineage of embryophytes

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23
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liverworts have no (2)

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stomates

IAA (auxin)

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24
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liverworts consist of 2 main growth forms:

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thallus

leafy

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25
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liverworts reproduction (2)

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  • asexual (break apart + gemmae)

- sexual (antheridiophores + archegoniophores + moss-like sporophytes)

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26
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hornworts aka

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anthocerophyta

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27
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hornworts are thallus plants with

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long sporophytes with indeterminate growth (open like a bean)

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28
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hornworts have

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stomata on sporophytes

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29
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hornworts have fewer

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species than other nonvascular plants (100)

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30
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hornworts use

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N-fixing bac in thalli

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31
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mosses aka

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Bryophyta

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32
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mosses are generally

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leafy

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33
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most basal moss group

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sphagnum mosses

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34
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sphagnum mosses have

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dead cells for water storage

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35
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“true” mosses typically have (3)

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a sporophyte like Mnium
capsule w/ peristome
hardum-vascular strand w/ hydroids & leptoids

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36
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seedless vascular plants =

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basal vascular plants

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37
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what type of group are seedless vascular plants

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paraphyletic

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38
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all seedless vascular plants have xylem with

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lignified tracheids

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39
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all seedless vascular plants have phloem with

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sieve cells

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40
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all seedless vascular plants have dominant

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sporophyte generation

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41
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all seedless vascular plants have

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free-living gametophytes

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42
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all seedless vascular plants disperse

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spores long distances

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43
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all seedless vascular plants sperm

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swim short distances

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44
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cooksonia =

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early vascular plant

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45
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cooksonia roots –>

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none

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46
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cooksonia have terminal

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sporangia

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47
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cooksonia stele =

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protostele

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48
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cooksonia exhibit

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dichotomous branching

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49
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lycopodiophyta exhibit

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dichotomous branching

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50
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lycopodiophyta stele =

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protostele

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51
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lycopodiophyta leaf like structures are

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microphylls = one vascular bundle in leaf

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52
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lycopods are

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homosporous = producing only one kind of spore (no sex diff)

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53
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lycopods lack

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ligules (narrow blades like grass)

54
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lycopods =

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most basal extant lycopodiophyta

55
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selaginella =

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more derived extant lycopodiophyta

56
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selaginella are

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heterosporous (producing diff sex spores)

57
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selaginella have

58
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lycopodium cernuum lives in

59
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lycopodium cernuum branches

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dichotomous

60
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lycopodium cernuum has

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cones (strobili) at the tips of some of its branches

61
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lycopodium cernuum the leaves in the strobili are

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sporophylls

62
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Lepidodendron are

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heterosporous

63
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Lepidodendron produces

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wood but no 2* phloem

64
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Lepidodendron female gametophyte are

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seed-like, bigger than your thumb

65
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Lepidodendron dominated

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early coal forests (30 m tall)

66
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Lepidodendron became extinct as

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earth began to dry

67
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Monilophytes =

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ferns &; their relatives

68
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Monilophyte group generally have (2)

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  • megaphylls (euphyllophytes / leaves with branched vascular bundles)
  • siphonostele (not all of them)
69
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Monilophytes evolved before

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carboniferous period

70
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in vascular plants –>

A

sporangia are produced by sporophylls

71
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Leptosporangiate ferns have

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Leptosporangia = each sporangium comes from one cell

72
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ferns =

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leptosporangiate ferns + eusporangiate ferns

73
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eusporangiate ferns have

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eusporangia = each sporangium arise from several cells

74
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leptosporangiate ferns leaves are

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large (double for photosynthesis and as sporophylls)

75
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leptosporangiate have loads of

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sporangia on sori or other groupings

76
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leptosporangiate stems are

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usually stems, but some ferns have long, upright shoots

77
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leptosporangiate venation =

78
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psilotales aka

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whisk ferns

79
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psilotales exhibit

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basal vegetative traits

80
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psilotales branching =

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dichotomous

81
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psilotales stele =

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protostele

82
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psilotales leaves =

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enations (leaves)

83
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psilotales have no

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roots (instead, symbiotic fungi)

84
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psilotales synangia comprised of

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3 sporangia

85
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psilotales have some

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gametophytes that are subterranean

86
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equisetales aka

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horse tails

87
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equisetales have

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hollow stems

88
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equisetales stele

89
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equisetales exhibit

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small, dead leaves (actually macrophylls)

90
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equisetales have terminal

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strobili (homosporous & silica rich)

91
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prior to seed evolution: (2)

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esteles evolved

bifacial vascular cambium

92
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spermatophytes aka

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seed plants

93
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why the spermatophyte name?

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sperm = seed

94
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spermatophytes have dominant

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sporophyte

95
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spermatophytes house

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female gametophyte and developing embryo on parent plant (not free-living)

96
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spermatophytes female gametophyte…

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no longer separated from sporophyte (housed on ovule)

97
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spermatophytes pollen grain =

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immature male gametophytes

98
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spermatophytes male & female gametophytes are

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extremely reduced in size

- fewer cells

99
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spermatophytes male gametophytes are

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made up of 3 cells

100
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spermatophytes male gametophytes pollen is

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surrounded by sporopollenin

101
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in the nonvascular and seedless vascular plants, sporopollenin was

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in the walls of spores

102
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spermatophytes allowed

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migration to drier habitats (important during drying of the Permian)

103
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Seed Plant (Gymnosperm) Ovule Development

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Only one megaspore (n) develops from megaspore
mother cell (2n); the 3 other cells from meiosis die
104
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male gametophytes are produced by

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microspores

105
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Cycadophyta evolved

106
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Cycadophyta dominated during

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Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous

107
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Cycadophyta are

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dioecious (male and female plants)

108
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Cycadophyta have

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flagellated sperm

109
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Cycadophyta male cones

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are persistent

110
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Cycadophyta female cones

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usually break apart

111
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Cycadophyta leaves are

112
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Ginkgophyta only have

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1 extant species

113
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Ginkgophyta exhibit

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fleshy seeds (seed coat has several layers)

114
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Ginkgophyta are

115
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Ginkgophyta have no

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persistent “cones” (strobili)

116
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Ginkgophyta have

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flagellated sperm

117
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Coniferophyta is the most

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species group of gymnosperms

118
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Coniferophyta female cones (strobili) are

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persistent

119
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Coniferophyta sperm are

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not flagellated

120
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Coniferophyta are typically

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evergreen trees and shrubs

121
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Coniferophyta are mostly

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monoecious (some dioecious; Podocarpus)

122
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Coniferophyta are the most…

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successful phylum outside of the Angiosperms in temperate regions

123
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Gnetales are

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in or sister to Coniferophyta

124
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Gnetales were once considered

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the sister group to the flowering plants

125
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Gnetales = most…

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diverse group morphologically

126
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Gnetales strobili

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if present, very flower-like

  • nectar
  • few parts
  • 1 seeded
127
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Gnetales exhibit

128
Q

Ginkgophyta seed coat with

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several layers (fleshy outside / hard inside)

129
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Ginkgophyta were never

130
Q

Southern Hemisphere conifers =

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dioecious (male & female cones on same plant)

131
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Northern Hemisphere conifers =

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monoecious

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