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Land plants evolved from

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Charophytes

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Group including plants and their closest green algal relatives

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Streptophytes

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Structure that prepares cell to build cell wall

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Phragmoplast

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Liverwort phyla

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Hepatophyta

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Mosses phyla

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Bryophyta

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Hornworts phyla

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Anthocerophyta

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Lycophytes phyla

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Lycophyta

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Pteridophytes phyla

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Pteridophyta

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Cycads phyla

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Cycadophyta

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Ginkgos phyla

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Ginkgophyta

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Gnetophytes phyla

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Gnetophyta

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Conifers phyla

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Coniferophyta

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Angiosperms phyla

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Anthophyta

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Liverworts, hornworts, mosses are called

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Bryophytes

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Male gametangia

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Antheridia

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Female gametangia

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Archegonia

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Zygotes remain sheltered and fed within gametophyte tissue

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Matrotrophy

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Means having matrotrophic embryos, includes all groups of land plants

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Embryophytes

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When mature, spores are produced in protective enclosures called

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Sporangia

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Tough material in plant spore cell walls that helps prevent cellular damage

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Sporopollenin

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Water transport tissue in plants

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Xylem

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Nutrient transport tissue in plants

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Phloem

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Produces two kinds of spores

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Heterosporous

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Megaspores

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Develop into female gametophytes

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Microspores

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Develop into male gametophytes

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Genus Gnetum

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Broad leaves like tropicals. Vines, shrubs or trees in tropical Africa or Asia.

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Genus Ephedra

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Native to arid southwest US. Ephedrine is derived from this.

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Genus Welwetschia

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1 living species. Namib desert in southwest Africa. 2 very long leaves. Obtains water from coastal fog.

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Number of coniferophyta species

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About 630 spp.

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