Lab 6-Lycopodiophyta & Monilophyta (Vascular Plants) Flashcards
A major vascular plant phyla is ____
Lycopodiophyta
Lycopodiophyta include two ___ orders and three ___ orders
extinct, extant (living)
All plants in Lycopodiophyta have ___ and ___. They have a very simple leaf structure known as a ___
roots and stems, microphyll (one vascular bundle)
Selaginellales and Isoetales (Lycopodiophyta) are characterized by having ___ on their microphylls and are ___
ligules (tongue-like prtuberance); heterosporous
Lycodiales (Lycopodiophyta) lack ___ and are ___
ligules, homosporous (one size spore)
The three extant orders in Lycopodiophyta are
1.Lycopodiales
2.Selaginellales
3.Isoetales
Heterosporous means there are spores of two ___ sizes, called ___ and ___
different, megaspores, microspores
Microspores grow into the ___ ___
male gametophyte
Megaspores grow into the ___ ___
female gametophyte
Spores are produced on the ___ of Lycopodiophyta
strobili
The fertile leaf that protects the sporangium on club mosses (lycopodiophyta)___. It is often called ___
sporophylls, cones
Club mosses (lycopodiophyta) have a reduced ___
gametophyte
Where do asexual spores formed in Club mosses (lycopodiophyta)
on sporophylls, the leaf that bears sporangia where it happens
Club mosses (lycopodiophyta) are homosporous or heterosporous?
homosporous
Is the xylem maturation direction in Club mosses (lycopodiophyta) exarch or endarch?
Exarch
What type of stele is present in Club mosses (lycopodiophyta)
Protostele
How does the strobilus differ in club mosses compared to Selaginella (lycopodiophyta)?
it is reproductive; produces spores! Heterosporous
What habitat can Isoetales (lycopodiophyta) be found in?
aquatic