Tracheophyta Flashcards
Which class is only known for their fossils?
Rhyniophytes
When does the vascular plant come on land?
Devonian period
Does Rhynia have roots and lead bearing shoots?
No
Which class contributes most to the earth’s coal?
Lycophyta
How are the roots of lycophyta?
Dichopodial
Which class has lycophyll in their sporophytic leaves?
Lycophyta
Lycophyll?
Present in the sporophytic leaves. They only have single unbranched veins.
Which order of lycophytes is known as club moss?
Lycopodiales
What kind of spores do club mosses have?
Homospores
Eg. Of Lycopodiales
Lycopodium, Phylloglossum, Lycopodiella, Huperzia
Which class of lycophytes have leaf ligules?
Isoetales
Isoetales have what kind of spores?
Heterosporous
Eg. Of isoetales
Seleginella and Isoetes
What kind of roots does euphyllophytes have?
Monopodial
What functions as the primary organ of photosynthesis in euphyllophytes?
Euphylls
Does euphyllophytes have stomata?
Yes
Eg. Of euphyllophytes
Psilophytan
Is siphonostele found in monilophyta?
Yes