Lab Practical Flashcards
Marchantía
Liverworts
Gemma cups
Simple sporophytes
Elaters present
No stomata
Anthocerophyta
Hornworts
More complex sporophytes
Stomata present
Bryophyta
Mosses
Mnium
Upward facing archegonial head
Paraphyses surrounding antheridia and archegonium
Fertilization
Marks change from haploid gametophyte to diploid sporophyte
Meiosis
Marks change from diploid sporophyte to haploid gametophyte
Seedless vascular plants
Lycopodiophyta-club/spike mosses
Psilotopsida- whisk ferns
Equisetopsoda- horsetails
Polypodiopsida- ferns
Introduction of strobilus in horsetails
Reduced sporophyte generation compared to bryophytes
Homosporous
Produces either microspores or megaspores
Heterosporous
Produces both microspores and megaspores
Equisetopsida
T like sporangiophores
Gymnosperms
Cycads
Ginko
Conifers
Gnetophytes
Pollen carries sperm