Plant Diversity Flashcards
What are the major groups of plants
Bryophytes
Ptereophytes
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
What are taxonomists
People who classify organisms
What are the different types of vascular plants
Pterophytes
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
What are pterophytes
Seedless plants
An example of a pterophyte
Ferns
Seed bearing plants
Gymnosperms and angiosperms
What are Gymnosperms
Cone bearing plans
Examples of Gymnosperms
Conifers and yellow woods
What are Angiosperms
Flowering plants
Non vascular plants
Have rhizoids to anchor plants
No Xylem so can’t grow tall
Homosporous
No cuticle
Water for fertilisation
Examples of Bryophytes
Mosses and Liveworts
Vascular plants
Have cuticle and stomata
Xylem and phloem transport water and mineral
Seeds for reproduction
Gametophyte
Haploid
Dominant generation
Photosynthetic
Sporophyte
Diploid
Produces haploid spores by meiosis
Seedless plants
Heterosporous
Lower vascular plants
Reproduce by spore bearing leaves
Motile male gametes
Thin cuticle and stomata
Roots grow out of rhizomw
Independent sporophyte