Plant Diversity I Flashcards
What kind of plants are the Bryophytes?
Non-Vascular Plants. First group thought to have colonized the land
What are the THREE Bryophyte phylums?
- Phylum Bry-O-Phyta
- Phylum Hepa-to-Phyta
- Phylum Antho-cer-o-Phyta
What is an example of the Bryophyte phylum Bryophyta?
True Mosses
What is an example of the Bryophyte phylum Hepatophyta?
Liverworts
What is an example of the Bryophyte phylum Anthocerophyta?
Hornworts
What is one thing that Seedless and Seed plants have in common?
They are Vascular Plants
What TWO phylums are in the Seedless plants?
- Phylum Lyc-O-phyta
2. Phylum Monil-o-phyta
What is an example of Phylum Lycophyta of the seedless plants?
Club Moses
What is an example of the Phylum Monilophyta of the seedles plants?
Ferns, horsetail, whisk ferns
What are the TWO types of Seed Plants?
- Gymnosperms
2. Anginosperm
What are the FOUR phylums of the Gymnosperm seed plants?
- Phylum Coni-fero-phyta
- Phylum Cyca-do-phyta
- Phylum Gink-go-phyta
- Phylum Gnet-o-phyta
What is an example of the Gymnosperm seed plant phylum Coniferophyta?
Conifers
What is an example of the Gymnosperm seed plant phylum Cycadophyta?
Cycads
What is an example of the Gymnosperm seed plant phylum Ginkgophyta?
Ginkgo
What is an example of the Gymnospern Seed plant Phylum Gnetophyta?
Mormon tea
What only phylum is under the Angiosperms?
Phylum Anth-o-phyta
What is an example of Angiosperm Seed Plant Phylum Anthophyta?
Flowering plants
What characteristics do Land plants AND Charophytes share?
- Structure of flagellated sperm
- the formation of the cell plate in mitosis
3 gene sequences in the nuclear and chloroplast DNA
True or False: Land plants are thought to be most similar to multicellular green algae Chara?
True
What challenges did ancestral plants faced?
New and extreme challenges in their physical environmet.
Ex: Temperature, moisture, gravitational forces and substrates