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Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants

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Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants

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Kingdom Plantae

Characteristics eukaryotic multicellular autotrophs cellulose cell walls primary pigment – chlorophyll alternation of generation life cycle multicellular reproductive structures

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Alternation of generation life cycle

Sporophyte Gametophyte Spore Gametes sperm and egg Meiosis Fertilization Zygote Haploid Diploid

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Reproductive structures

Sporangium

Archegonium

Antheridium

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Major groups of plants

• Nonvascular plants

• Seedless Vascular Plants

• Gymnosperms

• Angiosperms

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Nonvascular plants

• Phylum Bryophyta

– True mosses

– Small

– No vascular tissue

– Live in moist habitats; why?

– Gametophyte generation dominates life cycle

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Spore

Protonema

Gametophyte

Archegonium

Antheridium

Sperm

Egg

Sporophyte

Fertilization

Meiosis

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Antheridium

Archegonium

Sporophyte

foot

seta

capsule

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Seedless Vascular Plants

• Contain vascular tissues

– Xylem and phloem

– True plant organs – root, stem, leaf

– Larger

– Role of water in life cycle

– Sporophyte dominates life cycle

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Phylum Monilophyta The ferns Life cycle Sporophyte Roots Rhizome Frond Fiddlehead Sorus Sporangium Indusium Meiosis Spores Prothallus gametophyte Archegonium w/ egg Antheridium w/sperm Fertilization

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Other Seedless vascular plants “fern allies”

• Phylum Monilophyta

– Horsetails

– Equisetum

• Strobilus

• Silica in hollow-stem; reduced leaves

• Phylum Lycophyta

– Lycopodium and Selaginella

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Homospory vs. heterospory • Problem with life cycle ?

SPOROPHYTE

ZYGOTE

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Egg Sperm Microspore Megaspore

MICROGAMETOPHYTE

MEGAGAMETOPHYTE

2n

1n

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Compare Lycopodium and Selaginella

strobili