Kingdom Plantae - Introduction Flashcards
A group of land plants without xylem and phloem?
Non-vascular plants
What are the 2 groups of land plants?
Vascular and Non vascular
What are vascular plants?
Group of land plants with xylem and phloem
What is the dominant generation of non-vascular plants
Gametophyte (n)
Dominant generation of vascular plants?
Sporophyte (2n)
What are the non-vascular plants?
Bryophyta (mosses)
Hepaticophyta (liverworts)
Anthocerophyta (hornworts)
What are the SEEDLESS vascular plants?
Psilophyta (whiskferns)
Lycophyta (club mosses)
Equisetophyta (horse tails)
Pterophyta (ferns)
What are the SEEDED vascular plants?
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
What are gymnosperms?
- non flowering seeded plants
- naked seeds
Coniferophyta (pines and conifers)
Cycadophyta (cycads)
Gingkophyta (gingkoes, living fossils and maiden hair tree)
Gnetophyta (gnetoes)
What are angiosperms?
- flowering plants
- fruit enclosed seed
Monocots and eudicots
What is the localized region of cell division at tips of shoots and roots
Apical meristem
Gametophore
Leafy stem in Bryophyta
What are produced in the sporangium?
Spores
What produce gametes?
Gametangia
Archegonium
Produce eggs
Looks like an umbrella