PTERIDOPHYTES Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHARECTERISTICS OF PTERIDOPHYTES ?
- TRCHEOPHYTIC
- ARCHAEGONIATE
- EMBRYOPHYTES WITHOUT SEEDS
FROM WHERE IS THE NAME DERIVED FROM ?
FEATHER LIKE NATURE OF LEAVES OF FERNS WHICH ARE PINNATE COMPOUND
WHO IS THE FATHER OF PTERIDOLOGY ?
HAECKEL
WHAT ARE THE 1ST PLANTS WITH VASCULAR TISSUES AND WHAT ARE ITS OTHER NAMES ?
PTERIDOPHYTES OTHER NAMES ARE BOTANICAL SNAKES OR VASCULAR CRYPTOGAMS
WHERE DO THEY LIVE ?
MOSTLY TERRESTRIAL - MOIST SHADY PLACES - SOME AQUATIC
NAME ANY FEW EX. FOR PTERIDOPHYTES ?
- AZOLLA
- SALVINIA
- MARSELIA
WHAT IS THE MOST DOMINANT LIFE CYCLE AND DESCRIBE IT ?
SPOROPHYTE - INDEPENDENT, HERBACEOUS - RARELY WITH TREE HABITAT - DIFFERENTIATED INTO ROOT STEM & LEAF
WHAT IS THE TYPE OF ROOT SYSTEM ?
ADVENTITIOUS
HOW CAN THE STEM BE ?
AERIAL OR UNDERGROUNG ( RHIZOME )
DESCRIBE AERIAL STEM ?
CAN BE ERECT OR PROSTRATE - SHOWES DICHOTOMOUS OR MONOPODIAL BRANCHING
DESCRIBE LEAVES.
CAN BE OF 2 TYPES :-
* MICROPHYLLOUS
* MACROPHYLLOUS
EXPLAIN MICROPHYLLOUS AND GIVE EX. ?
THE LEAF TRACE DOES NOT DISTRUB THE VASCULAR CYLINDRICAL OF THE STEM
EX :-
LYCOPODIUM, SELAGINELLA, EQUISETUM
EXPLAIN MACROPHYLLOUS AND GIVE EX. ?
THE LEAF TRACE PRODUCES PARENCHYMATOUS LEAF GAP IN VASCULAR CYLINDRICAL OF THE STEM
EX:-
FERNS
ARE VASCULAR TISSUES PRESENT ?
IN ALL ORGANS
WHAT TYPE OF STELE IS PRESENT ?
PROTOSTELE
SIPHONOSTELE
DICTYOSTELE
XYLEM ONLY HAS TRACHEIDS BUT VESSELS ARE SEEN IN ?
SELAGINELLA
EQUISETUM
MARSELIA
PHLOEM HAS SIEVE CELLS BUT DOES NOT HAVE
COMPANION CELLS
SECONDARY OUT GROWTH IS PRESENT / ABSENT BUT SEEN IN __________
PRESENT - ISOETES