Plant diversity Flashcards
taxon including plantae and charophytes
streptophyta
polymer layer prevents exposed charophyte zygotes from drying out and present in plant spores
sporopollenin
group of microtubules that forms the start of the cell wall during division
phragmoblast
plant group
embryophytes
clusters of sporangia in ferns
sori
cone shaped structures in many lycophytes and in most gymnosperms
strobilli
Phylum of liverworts
Hepatophyta
Phylum of hornworts
Anthoceratophyta
Phylum of mosses
Bryophyta
Phylum of lycophytes
Lycophyta
Phylum of ferns and allies
Monilophyta
Phylum of ginkgo
Ginkgophyta
Phylum of cycads
Cycadophyta
Phylum of Gnetophytes
Gnetophyta
Phylum of Conifers
Coniferophyta
Phylum of flowering plants
Anthophyta
Spore type of clubmosses
Homosporous
Spore type of quillworts
Heterosporous
Spore type of spikemosses
Heterosporous
Spore type of ferns
Mostly homosporous
Grouping of horsetails
Anthrophyta
Spore type of horsetails
Homosporous
Spore type of whisk ferns and allies
Homosporous
Global genus of Whisk Ferns
Psilotum
South pacific genus of Whisk Ferns
Tmesipteris
Moss haploid spores develop into this
Protonemata
on upper part of moss capsule; ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures
Peristome
Sporophytes have a short seta (stalk) with an oval or round capsule elevated on gametophyte “trees”
liverwort
liverworts with flattened gametophytes
thalloid liverwort
stemlike gametophytes have many leaflike appendages
leafy liverwort