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Plant Diversity 1 Flashcards

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Evolutionary history of plants

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Evolved from green algae (Charophyceans or Charophytes) from protists

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Chara-

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Pond species; reliant on water

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Sporopollenin

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Prevented zygotes from drying out in charophytes

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Common features between charophytes and land plants:

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Multicellular, eukaryotic, photosynthetic, autotrophic, cell walls of cellulose, advanced organelles

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4 traits shared only with charophytes and land plants

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Rings of cellulose synthesizing proteins, peroxisome enzymes, structure of flagellated sperm, formation of phragmoplast

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Phragmoplast

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Aids in cell division; structural integrity for tissues

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Four traits exclusive to land plants

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Alternation of generations, walled spores produced in sporangia, multicellular gametangia, apical meristems

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Apical meristems

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Growth centers for land plants

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Sporophyte

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Plant

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Gametophyte

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Produces gametes for plants

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Placental transfer cells

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Enhance nutrient transfer to plant embryo; analogous to placenta in mammals

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Sporangia

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Walled, haploid spores produced by sporophyte

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Gametangia

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Organs that produce gametes; two types: archegonia and antheridia

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Archegonia

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Produces eggs and is the site for fertilization

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Antheridia

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Produces sperm and released them

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What are examples of non vascular plants?

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Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses

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What are examples of seedless, vascular plants?

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Lycophytes (club mosses, spike mosses, quillworts) and pterophytes (ferns, horsetails, whisk ferns)

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What are examples of vascular plants w/ seeds?

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Gymnosperms and angiosperms

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What are the most prominent seedless vascular plant?

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Pterophytes

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What are the most diverse gymnosperms?

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Phylum coniferophyta or conifers

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What are the most prominent plant?

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Angiosperms

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An organism is a photosynthetic autotroph and gets its nutrients from the soil. What is it, a land plant or Charophycean?

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Land plant

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What are some of the common features of a plant body plan?

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Having growth centers (apical meristems), tissue systems, and an overall body organization

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How do pterophytes differ from bryophytes?

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Presence of vascular tissue

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