Plant Kingdom Flashcards
Artificial system of classification and drawbacks
Given by Carolus Linnaeus on the basis of androcium structure and external morphology
Drawbacks:- equal importance was given to both vegetative and reproductive features.
Natural system of classification
Propose by Benthem and Hooker on the basis of natural affinities like morphology, anatomy, embryology and phytochemistry.
Numerical taxonomy and drawbacks
Hundreds of character are studied at a time and each character is given equal weightage.
Drawback:- equal weightage was given to features like reproduction and
morphology.
Chemotaxonomy
Based on chemicals present inside a cell like DNA sequence et cetera.
Cytotaxonomy or karyotaxonomy
On the basis of cell structure and chromosomes.
Thallus organisation
Thallus:- algae and bryophytes
Non-thallus:- pteridophyte, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Main plant body
Gametophyte:- algae and bryophytes
Sporophyte :- pteridophyte, gymnosperms and angiosperms.
In which plant division, both sporophytic and gametophytic stage can live independently?
Pteridophyte
In rest of the divisions, main plant body feeds the other stage.
Vascular tissue(X and P)
Absent in algae and bryophytes, present in rest.
Amphibians of plant kingdom
Bryophyte
Called so because they live on soil but need water for sexual reproduction
Algae habitat, form and association
Habitat is mostly freshwater and marine water
Can be unicellular like chlamydomonas and chorella, colonial like volvox, filament like spirogyra and ulothrix and can be of several metres like kelps.
Show association with fungi and sloth bear
Isogamous flagellated algae
Ulothrix
Isogamous non-flagellated algae
Spirogyra
Anisogamous algae
Eudorina
Oogamous algae
Volvox and fucus
Edible algae
LiPS
Laminaria, porphyra and sargassum
Algal hydrocolloids
Algin(BA) and carrageen(RA)
Agar is made by
Gelidium and gracilaria
High protein algae
Chlorella