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Seedless Vascular Plants Flashcards

1
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Seedless Vascular Plants

Land adaptaions?

A

All non-vascular plant adaptations

+ Vascular tissues: Xylem, phloem, roots, stems, leaves

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Seedless Vascular Plants

Water depedencies? (2)

A

Water is needed for sperm to swim

Sporophyte is dominant

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Seedless Vascular Plants

4 Phyla?

A

Psilophyta

Lycophyta

Equisetophyta

Polypodiophyta

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4
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Psilophyta

Common name?

A

Whisk ferns

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Psilophyta

Lack roots, Rhizomes have __ that act like root hairs

Lack leaves, __ are photosynthetic

What are enations?

A

Rhizoids

Stems

Enations are flaps on stems

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta

Has _ groups

A

3 groups

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta

3 groups =

A

Ground pines

Spike mosses

Quillworts

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta: Ground Pines

Have __ leaves called ___

Spread ___ via ___

A

Tiny less than 1cm leaves, called microphylls

Underground via rhizomes

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta: Spike Mosses

How many species?

A

Approx 700

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta: Quillworts

Have specialized stems called

A

Corms

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta: Quillworts

___-lived

Usually live in

A

Long-lived

Live in water

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Lycophyta: Quillworts

How many species?

A

Approx 60

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

Common names

A

Horse tails and scouring rushes

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

How many species

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Approx 25

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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

Leaves ___ - whorled arangement

A

Fused

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16
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

___ in epidermis

A

Silica

17
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

____ ribs along stem

A

Longitudinal

18
Q

Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Equisetophyta

Pith ___

A

Disappears

19
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodia

Common name?

A

Ferns

20
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

How many species?

Age?

A

Approx 11,000

350,000,000 years old

21
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

Usually have ___ compund leaves

A

Pinnately

22
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

Leaves =

Leaflets =

A

Leaves = fronds

Leaflets = Pinnae

23
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

Can be <10mm to _ m in height

A

< 10mm to 25 m

24
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

May not have __ stem

A

Vertical

25
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Seedless Vascular Plants: Phylum Polypodiophyta

Often spread via ___

A

Rhizomes

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