Topic 13 Flashcards
Cellular features of seedless vascular plants
Chlorophyll a/b, starch, cellulose wall, motile sperm, cell plate, phragmoplast
Seedless vascular plant general features
Short-lived gametophyte, vascular, lignified cells, cuticle, stomata
SVPs with heterospory
Lycopodophyta, Equisetophyta, Pteridophyta
Protostele
Solid xylem core surrounded by phloem
Protostele found in:
Psilodophyta and lycopodophyta
Siphonostele
Pith core, xylem layer, phloem layer
Siphonstele found in:
Slaginella, Pteridophyta
Eustele
Random xylem/phloem distribution
Eustele found in:
Equisetophyta, seeded plants
Psilophyta common name
Whisk ferns
Lycopodophyta common name
Club/spike “mosses”
Equisetophyta common name
Horsetails
Pteridophyta common name
Ferns
SVPs with true leaves
Equisetophyta, Pteridophyta
Psilotum sporophyte
Prophylls, homosporous