Lecture 2 Flashcards
Ancestors of plants
Green algae (Charophyceae)
How does plants limit the loss of carbohydrates due to photorespiration
They have cell walls that are composed of cellulose and anti-photorespiration enzymes
a cluster of embryonic cells found on root and shoot tips
Apical meristem
Characteristic of life cycle present in all land plants
Alteration of generations
Where are spores produced
Sporangia
Composes the walls of the spores
Sporopollenin
What produces the gametes
Multicellular gametangia
Study of fossil plants
Paleobotany
Period where small terrestrial plants started to migrate to wet terrestrial environments
Ordovician period
The period where land plants were often non-vascular with no water-conducting cells
Ordovician period
Period where stomata appeared
Silurian period
First vascular plants with water-conducting tubes
Silurian period
Period where organ differentiation was found
Early Devonian
Appearances of horsetail, conifers, mosses, and scale trees, with primitive conifers and ferns
Carboniferous period
Period where advanced conifers dominated
Permian period
Period where cycads and ginkoes appear with deep forests
Permian period
Period where flowering plants appeared
Jurassic period
Period where modern tree appeared
Cretaceous period
Appearance of grass
Cenozoic period
Three major epochs of plants
Eombryophytic, Eotracheophytic, Eutracheophytic
Period where spore tetrads and decay-resistant walls were widespread
Eombryophytic
Periods where plants employed simple spores instead of tetrads
Eotracheophytic
Period of substantial increase in vascular plant diversity
Eutracheophytic
Period where there is a substantial increase in vascular plant diversity
Eutracheophytic