Non Vascular Flashcards
Antheridia
A male reproductive structure. Where males gametes develop
Anther
Male
Gametangium
Gamete chamber
Antheridium
Male gamete chamber
Archegonia
Female gametangium
Arche
Female
Bryophytes
Liverworts (phylum hepatophyte)
Hornworts (phylum antherocerophyta)
True mosses (phylum bryophyta)
Hornwort phylum (anthocerophyta)
Narrow, sporophyte
Long and slender sporophyte
Liverworts phylum (hepatophyta)
Leaflike structure
Looks like spinach
Has Gemma cups are products of asexual reproduction in liverworts
Misses (bryophyta)
True misses
Haploid gametophyte
Liverworts, hornworts, and true mosses all have
No vascular system
No true roots, no seeds primitive breathing pores
Protonema
Tangle of a single called filaments that forms from the haploid spore
Rhizoid (false root)
True roots anchor a plant and exchange nutrients/ water between plants and surrounding soil
Rhiza- roots
Sera
Stalk that supports the capsule in mosses
Stoma
Stomata for plural
Little pores on the surfaces of the plants
Open and closes to allow the intake of carbon dioxide and release of oxygen