Kingdom Plantae 2 Flashcards
Bryophytes mostly grow in
Moist shaded hill areas
Amphibians of plant kingdom
Bryophytes
Bryophytes are dependent for sexual reproduction on
Water
Bryophytes body
are thallus like and prostrate or erect
is attached to susbtratum by unicellular or multicellular structures called rhizoids
Which member of plant kingdom possess stem, root, leaf like structure
Bryophytes
Main plant body of bryophytes is
Haploid
Main plant body of bryophytes produces gamete and is called
Gametophyte
Sex organ in bryophyte areb
Multicellular
Male sex organ in bryophyte is called
antheridium
Antheridium in bryophyte produce
Biflagellate antherozoids
Female sex organ in bryophyte is
Archegonium
Archegonium in bryophyte produce
a single egg
Zygote in bryophyte produce a multicellular body called
Sporophyte
The plant body in bryophyte is
Not free living
Sporophyte in bryophyte depend on, is attached to and derives nutrition from
Gametophyte
Sporophyte to gametophyte
Some cells of sporophyte undergo reduction division via meiosis to produce haploid spores which germinate to produce gametophyte
Uses of bryophytes mosses
Provide food to herbaceous mammals, birds and animals
Which moss provide peat which is used as fuel
Sphagnum
Packing material for trans-shipment of living material as they can hold water
Sphagnum
Ecological importance of mosses
Along with lichens they’re first organism to colonise rocks
Mosses
Mosses also prevent soil erosion
Plant body of liverwort is
Thalloid
Marchantia is an example of
Liverwort
Asexual reproduction in liverwort takes place by
- Fragmentation of thalli
- Formation of specialised structure called gemmae
What is gemmae
green, multicellular, asexual buds, which develop in small receptacles called Gemma cups located on thalli
Which structure in liverwort germinate to form new individual
Gemmae
Male & female sex organ are produced in liverwort on
Same or different Thalii
Sporophyte in liverwort is differentiated into
Foot
seta
capsule
Predominant stage of life cycle of mosses is
Gametophyte
First stage in mosses life cycle
Protonema
Protonema stage in mosses is
Directly develops from a spore
Second stage in life cycle of mosses
Leafy stage