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Nonvascular Plants and Seedless Vascular Plants BSC 2011L
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Plants Domain Eukarya Kingdom Plantae “Bryophytes” - nonvascular seedless plants Phylum HepatophytaLiverworts Phylum AnthocerotophytaHornworts Phylum BryophytaMoss “Vascular Seedless Plants” Phylum LycopodophytaClub Moss Phylum MonilophytaWisk fern Phylum MonilophytaHorsetails Phylum MonilophytaFerns
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Evolutionary relationships of plants Review Fig 16.1
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Alternation of Generations Sporophyte Generation Produces haploid spores by meiosis Gametophyte Generation Produces gametes by mitosis
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Nonvascular Seedless Plants Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts Gametophyte generation is dominant Produces eggs in archegonia Produces flagellated sperm in antheridia Rely on water source for reproduction Notice the gemmae cups In this liverwort
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Nonvascular Seedless Plants Moss Life Cycle
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Vascular Seedless Plants Whisk ferns, club mosses, horsetails, and ferns Sporophyte generation is dominant Adaptations for living on land Vascular tissue Windblown spores
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Vascular Seedless Plants Fern Life Cycle
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What is a Thallus? Body of a lower plant that has no recognizable shoot, root, or leaf regions Fern prothallus - gametophyte Young sporophyte emerging from prothallus
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Vascular Seedless Plants Cross Section of Frond Leaflet Sporophyte Generation Look at Figure 16.15 The sorus contains the sporangium where the spores are produced
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