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
Psilotum gametophyte
Bisexual, mycorrhizae
Selaginella sporophyte
Microphylls, sporophylls, strobili, heterosporous, micro/megaspores
Selaginella gametophyte
Micro/megagametophyte
Equisetum sporophyte
Homosporous, sporangiophores, elators
Equisetum gametophyte
Bisexual
Pteridophyta sporophyte
Sori, indusium, annulus
Pteridophyta gametophyte
Antheridogens