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1
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what are the categories of euphyllophytes

A

monilophytes and lignophytes

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2
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what are the different categories of monilophytes?

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  1. Equisetopsida
  2. Polypodiopsida
  3. Maratiopsida
  4. Psilotopsida
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3
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what are the different categories of lignophytes

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  • Aneurophytes*
  • Archaeopteris*
  • Seed plants
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4
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characteristics of euphyllophytes

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  • Pseudomomopodialgrowth (Overtopping of Branches)

* Megaphylls

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5
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which categories of monilophytes are ferns?

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2.Polypodiopsida
3.Maratiopsida
4.Psilotopsida
•Ophioglossales

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6
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how many species of equistopsida are there?

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15

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7
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what fossil are equisetum identical to? what are they?

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Equisetites (fossil from 300MYA)

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8
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describe the stems of equistopsida

A

jointed stems

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9
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describe the leaves of equistopsida

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they are scale like and at the nodes

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10
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what is a Strobilus

A

Cone made from Sporangiophores

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11
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what is a sporngiospore?

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Sporangia bearing branch.

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12
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what kind of origin do ferns have?

A

carboniferous origins

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13
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how many species of ferns are there?

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less than 12,000 specis

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14
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true or false, most fern species are tropical

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true

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15
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do ferns undergo secondary growth?

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no

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16
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what kind of sporangia do ferns have?

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terminal and abaxial

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17
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are ferns homosporous or heterosporous?

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they are homosporous except for water ferns and fossil lineages

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18
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where is an adaxial sporangia located?

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it is attached to the upper surface of a microphyll and at the bottom of a megaphyll

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19
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where is a terminal sporangia located?

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it develops at the tip of a branch

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20
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what is an induism?

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it covers a sporangia

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21
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describe eusporangia

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they are larger, they have multiple layers, and many spores

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22
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describe a leptosporangia

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  • they are smaller
  • they are a single layer
  • they have fewer spores
  • they are formed on stalks
  • they have tapetum
  • they have annulus
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23
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tapetum

A

nutitive structure

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24
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annulus

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aids in spore dispersal (a catapult)

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25
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what kind of leaves do ferns have?

A

megaphylls

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26
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what are young fern leaves called?

A

fiddle heads

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27
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why do fiddle heads uncoil/

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they uncoil because of the process called circinate vernation

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28
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circinate vernation

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uncoiling due to uneven growth

29
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rachis

A

extension of petiole

30
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pinnae

31
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what are the different categories of psilotopsida ferns?

A

ophioglossales and psilotales

32
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describe ophioglossales

A

Single Leaf, vegetative + fertile section.

33
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are psilotum hetero or homosporous

A

homosporous

34
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what kind of stele do psilotum have?

35
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do psilotum have leaves?

36
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do psilotum have roots?

37
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what kind of sporangia do psilotum have?

38
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are Tmesipteris of psilotales homo or heterosporous

A

homosporous

39
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what kind of stele do Tmesipteris of psilotales have?

A

protostele

40
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what kind of leaves do Tmesipteris of psilotales have?

A

leaves with one vascular bundle

41
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do Tmesipteris of psilotales have roots?

42
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what kind of sporangia do Tmesipteris have

A

lateral sporangia

43
Q

what kind of ferns are tree ferns?

A

maratiopsida

44
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how many generes of maratiopsida are there

45
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how many species of maratiopsida are there?

A

aproximately 200

46
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are maratiopsida homo or heterosporous

A

homosporous

47
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what kind of stele do maratiopsida have?

48
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do maratiopsida undergo secondary growth

49
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what kind of environments do maratiopsida exist in?

A

tropical carboniferous coral swamps

50
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what kind of family belongs to th leptosporangiate ferns

A

polypodiopsida

51
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how many families belong to the polypodiopsida

52
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how many generas belong to the polypodiopsida

53
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how many species are in polypodiopsida

54
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are polypodiopsida homo or heterosporous

A

homosporous

55
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what is the gametophyte of the polypodiopsida

56
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what kind of leaves do polypodiopsida have?

57
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what type of ferns are Salviniales

A

Leptosporangiate Ferns Polypodiopsida

58
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which type of fern is a water fern

A

Salviniales

59
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are Salviniales hetero or homosporous

A

heterosporous

60
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Marsilea

A

sporocarps, drought resistant repro structures persist dry for 100+years.

61
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Azolla

A

eaves colonized by cyanobacteria (N-Fixers).

62
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ancestral tracheophytes

A

Aglaophyton major, Rhyniophytes, Aneurophytes&Archaeopteris, and Trimerophytes,

63
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describe Aglaophyton major

A
  • Non-vascular
  • Terminal sporangia
  • Alternation of isomorphic generations
64
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describe Rhyniophytes

A

Dichotomous branching

Terminal sporangia

65
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true or false, the lycophytes Lepidodendrales are extinct

66
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when did Lepidodendrales live?

A

Lived During Carboniferous 362-290 MYA

67
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Trimerophytes structure

A

Dichotomous branching (unequal)
Overtopping branches
Terminal Sporangia
Basal Euphyllophyte lineage

68
Q

Psilophyton novel characteristics

A
  • Note Overtopped branches

* Note Sporangia

69
Q

seed plant ancestors

A

cordiates and archaeopteris, Archaeopterisvs Archaeoptery,

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