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Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
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Characteristics photoautotrophic mulitcellular eukaryotes cellulose cell walls store carbohydrates as starch chlorophyll a, b, & carotenoids mitosis & meiosis
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Plant Evolution
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Evolution 400 mya, plants colonized land gametangia – jacketed sex organs evolved and protected gametes, embryos from desiccation heteromorphic alternation of generations sporophyte more conspicuous, except in bryophytes followed changes in terrestrial conditions
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Gametangia
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Adaptations to land gametangia seeds cuticle stomata vascular tissue (xylem & phloem) lignin – supports cellulose matrix
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Major periods in plant evolution 1)terrestrial adaptations allowed plants to move from water (algae) to land ~ 400 mya 2)vascular tissue evolved 3) origin of the seed ~ 260 mya allowed embryos to leave the parent plant encased in a resistant coat with food supply 4) evolution of flower ~ 130 mya (specialized reproductive structure producing ovary- enclosed seeds)
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Ancestry evolved from Chlorophyta (green algae), more specifically Charophyceans with chl. a & accessory pigments, cellulose cell walls, store starch, form cell plates in cytokinesis divergence from common ancestry or separate origins from different algae types resulted in vascular & nonvascular (hornworts, liverworts, mosses) plants trend toward increasing dominance of diploid sporophyte in vascular plants
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Classification Nonvascular plants: -no true roots, stems, leaves Division Bryophyta – hornworts, liverworts, mosses ~ 16, 000 species - lack many terrestrial adaptations - low-growing, require damp, shady places
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Bryophytes
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Classification Vascular plants: (Tracheophytes) - true roots, stems, leaves Seedless plants Division Psilophyta – whiskferns ~ 10 – 13 species - ex: Psilotum
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Classification Division Lycophyta – club mosses ~ 1,000 species - may be epiphytic – grow on substrates, but are not parasites - have sporophylls – leaves specialized for reproduction - ex: Lycopodium
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homosporous – have both M & F sex organs produce a single type of spore heterosporous – 2 types of spores megaspores – develop into female gametophytes microspores – develop into male gametophytes
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Classification Division Sphenophyta – horsetails ~ 15 species - ex: Equisetum Division Pterophyta – ferns ~ 12,000 species - microphylls – leaves arising from stem with singular vascular tissue - megaphylls – branched system of veins
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Seedless vascular plants
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Chapter 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
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Classification Seeded plants Gymnosperms – “naked seed” plants Division Coniferophyta – cone bearers ~ 550 species - leaves are modified as needles - transport water in tracheids – primitive, tapered cells which function in mechanical support - ex: Pinus, sequoia, fir, spruce
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Pollen cones
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Pine seed
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Classification Division Cycadophyta – cycads ~ 100 species - bear naked seeds on scales - ex: sago palm Division Ginkgophyta – ginkgoes - 1 species - resistant to pollution - ex: Ginkgo biloba
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Sago palm (cycad)
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Classification Division Gnetophyta ~ 70 species ex: Gnetina, Welwitschia
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Classification Angiosperms – “flowering plants” ~ 235,000 species Division Anthophyta Class Monocotyledonae – monocots - one cotyledon (embryonic seed leaf) - parallel venation in leaves - vascular bundles scattered in stem - flower parts in 3’s - ex: grasses, lilies * vessel elements, fiber cells
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Angiosperms
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Flower anatomy
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Fruit – mature ovary Seed – mature ovule
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Tracheids and vessel elements
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Classification Class Dicotyledonae – dicots - 2 cotyledons - branched venation - vascular bundles in a ring - flower parts in 4’s or 5’s *Double fertilization – characteristic of Angiosperms (prevents squandering of nutrients), also evolved independently in some gymnosperms
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Pollinators
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