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1
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Harvested after being dug up from the ground

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Peat/Sphagnum moss

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2
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Found due to peat harvest

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Tollund Man

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3
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Where is the Tollund Man found today?

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Silkeborg museum, Denmark

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Why was the Tollund Man preserved?

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Acidic and anoxic conditions underground contributed to by the Sphagnum moss

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5
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Divided plants into two groups

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August Wilhelm Eichler

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Two groups provided by Eichler

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Cryptogamae and Phanerogamae

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Cryptogamae

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Fungi, algae, ferns, bryophytes

Reproduce via spores

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Phanerogamae

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Usual plants

Reproduce via seeds

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9
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Current plant classification (3 groups)

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Non-vascular plants, vascular cryptogams, spermatophytes

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10
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Non-vascular plants include

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Bryophytes

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Vascular cryptogams include ____________ which have ____________, but do not produce ___________.

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Pteridophytes, vascular tissues, seeds

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Spermatophytes include (2 groups)

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Gymnosperms, angiosperms

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Green plants

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Chlorobionta

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14
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Apomorphies of green plants:

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  1. Cellulose
  2. Chlorophyll a and b present in chloroplasts
  3. Thylakoids in stacks (grana)
  4. True starch used as storage
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Two sister groups that make up chlorobionta

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Chlorophytes, streptophytes

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Major apomorphy of streptophytes

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Oogamy (gametes differentiated into eggs and sperm)

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17
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Differentiate the haplontic forms of reproduction:

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Isogamy - undifferentiated gametes, same sizes

Oogamy - differentiated gametes, larger egg and motile sperm

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18
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Charales

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Exhibits oogamy

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Charophytes

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More advanced group

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20
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Major apomorphy of charophytes

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Presence of plasmodesmata (found at the primary wall and serves as connection for symplast transport)

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21
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Land plants

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Embryophyta

22
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Land plants are defined by the presence of:

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  1. Embryo
  2. Cuticle
  3. Parenchyma
23
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Embryophytes were first colonized during what period?

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Silurian period (400 mya)

24
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Haplodiplontic life cycle is also known as

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Alternation of generations

25
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Terminal portion of sporophyte is the _________/__________ with sporogenous tissue called ___________ that will undergo meiosis to produce _____________.

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Sporangium/capsule, sporocyte, spores (haplontic)

26
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The gametophyte is produced by the

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Mitosis of spores

27
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Female and male reproductive organs

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Archegonium, antheridium

28
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Sperm is nonflagellate in

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Conifers, gnetales, angiosperms

29
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First land plants

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Bryophytes

30
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(T/F) Bryophytes are a monophyletic group

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False

31
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Characteristics of bryophytes common to tracheophytes

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  1. Embryo develops within a multicellular reproductive organ
  2. Spores covered with sporopollenin
  3. Flavonoids
  4. Chlorophyll a and b
  5. True starch as storage
  6. Spiral sperm bodies with two flagella
32
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200 cm bryophyte

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Fontalis novae-angliae

33
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70 cm bryophyte

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Dawsonia superba

34
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1 cm bryophyte

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Ephemerum minutissimum

35
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Defining characteristics of bryophytes:

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  1. Small, compact
  2. Slow growth
  3. No vascular tissues
  4. No lignin
  5. No well defined meristematic tissues (apical cell)
36
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Functional phloem located in the outer cortex

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Leptoids

37
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Functional xylem located in the central cylinder, elongated cells

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Hydroids

38
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Why are hydroids and leptoids not considered as xylem and phloem?

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They do not have well defined cells such as tracheids, vessels, sieve tubes, companion cells, etc.

39
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Functional leaves of bryophytes

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Phyllids

40
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Modified epidermal cells of bryophytes for anchorage

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Rhizoids

41
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Functional roots of bryophytes

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Rhizoids

42
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Differentiate hydration of vascular plants and bryophytes

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Vascular plants - homoiohydric

Bryophytes - poikilohydric

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Homoiohydric vs. Poikilohydric

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Homoiohydric - hydration and transport controlled internally

Poikilohydric - external environment controls hydration (capillarity)

44
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Dominant stage of bryophytes

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Gametophytic

45
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Sterile sheath of cells that protect the gametangia

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Jacket cells

46
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Example of liverwort with jacket cells

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Marchantia

47
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Bladder moss

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Physcomitrium pyriforme

48
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(T/F) Higher altitude = more bryophytes

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True until 3,000-3,500 meters

49
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Species ___________ with elevation and are usually found in the __________ of leaves and trees.

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Increase, crown

50
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Decaying vegetation used in Europe as fuel for cooking

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Peat

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