Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular...
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Nonvascular and Seedless Vascular Plants
Kingdom Plantae
Characteristics eukaryotic multicellular autotrophs cellulose cell walls primary pigment – chlorophyll alternation of generation life cycle multicellular reproductive structures
Alternation of generation life cycle
Sporophyte Gametophyte Spore Gametes sperm and egg Meiosis Fertilization Zygote Haploid Diploid
Reproductive structures
Sporangium
Archegonium
Antheridium
Major groups of plants
• Nonvascular plants
• Seedless Vascular Plants
• Gymnosperms
• Angiosperms
Nonvascular plants
• Phylum Bryophyta
– True mosses
– Small
– No vascular tissue
– Live in moist habitats; why?
– Gametophyte generation dominates life cycle
Spore
Protonema
Gametophyte
Archegonium
Antheridium
Sperm
Egg
Sporophyte
Fertilization
Meiosis
Antheridium
Archegonium
Sporophyte
foot
seta
capsule
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
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
Other Seedless vascular plants “fern allies”
• Phylum Monilophyta
– Horsetails
– Equisetum
• Strobilus
• Silica in hollow-stem; reduced leaves
• Phylum Lycophyta
– Lycopodium and Selaginella
Homospory vs. heterospory • Problem with life cycle ?
SPOROPHYTE
ZYGOTE
---- FERTILIZATION --------------------------------------------------MEIOSIS ----------
Egg Sperm Microspore Megaspore
MICROGAMETOPHYTE
MEGAGAMETOPHYTE
2n
1n
Compare Lycopodium and Selaginella
strobili