Lecture 13 - Seedless Vascular Plants Flashcards
What prevents desiccation?
Protective wall surrounding spores
What prevents evaporation?
Waxy cuticle
What do seedless vascular plants have for gas exchange?
Stomata
How is water and food conducted throughout the plant body?
Xylem and phloem
What do these plants have for support?
Lignin
Phenolic deposited in secondary cell wall does what?
Gives compressive strength and waterproofing
What are roots for in seedless vascular plants?
Roots for anchorage and water and mineral absorption
What generation is dominant in vascular plants?
Sporophyte dominant
What do more advanced vascular plants have?
A much reduced gametophyte
Most primitive vascular plants are?
Homosporous
What does homosporous mean?
Produce only one type of spore
Primitive vascular plants spores develop into:
Bisexual gametophytes
More advanced vascular plants are typically:
Heterosporous
Define heterosporous
Produce microspores and megaspores
Microspores develop into?
Male gametophytes
Megaspores develop into?
Female gametophytes
When were seedless vascular plants dominant?
~ 400-300 mya (from the Devonian to the Carboniferous periods)
What are the seedless vascular plants of today?
Ferns and fern allies
3 types included in lycophytes
Club moss, spike moss, quillwort
Another name for club moss
Lycopodium
Club mosses resemble large mosses but have what at their apex?
Have an elongate strobilus at their apex
Club Moss: Strobilus has ___________ that bear the sporangia
Sporophylls
What kind of sporous is lycopodium? Club moss
Homosporous
What is lycopodium’s (club moss) leaf type?
Leaves are microphylls
What does leaf type microphyll mean?
Small leaves that contain a single strand of vascular tissue
Another name for spike moss
Selaginella
What is Selaginella sporous type? spike moss
Heterosporous
Selaginella: where does the male gametophyte develop? spike moss
Inside the microspores
Selaginella: where does the female gametophyte develop? spike moss
Inside the megaspores