1. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings PowerPoint Lectures for Biology, Seventh Edition Neil Campbell and Jane Reece Lectures by Chris Romero Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I How Plants Colonized Land

2. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Concept 29.1: Land plants evolved from green algae Green algae called charophyceans are the closest relatives of land plants Evidence of evolution from green algae ancestors – Rose-shaped complexes for cellulose synthesis – Peroxisome enzymes – Structure of flagellated sperm in plant species that have them – Formation of a phragmoplast during cell division – Nuclear and chloroplast DNA

3. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Adaptations Enabling the Move to Land Have to be resistant to dehydration – Cuticle – polyesters and eax coating over epidermis – charophyceans have sporopollenin to prevents exposed zygotes from drying out

4. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Derived Traits of Plants – Things that appeared after the charophyceans Apical meristems Alternation of generations Walled spores produced in sporangia Multicellular gametangia Multicellular dependent embryos

5. LE 29-5a Apical Meristem of shoot Developing leaves Shoot Root Apical meristem 100 µm Apical Meristems Tips of shoot and roots Rapid cellular division Differentiates into tissues

6. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Aternation of Generations Multicellular haploid and multicellular diploid stages of life cycle Gametophyte – multicellular haploid; formed by mitosis of individual gametes Sporophyte – multicellular diploid; formed by mitosis of zygote;

7. LE 29-5b Mitosis Alternation of Generations Spores Mitosis Zygote Gametes Haploid multicellular organism (gametophyte) Diploid multicellular organism (sporophyte) MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION

8. Walled Spores Produced in Sporangia Multicellular Gametangia Produce gametes in multicellular organs Multicellular, Dependent Embryos stay in female parent provide nutrients & protection Spores Sporangium Contains Sporopollenin Makes walls resistant To environment Sporophyte Gametophyte Sporophyte and sporangium of Sphagnum (a moss) Archegonia and antheridia of Marchantia (a liverwort) Male gametophyte Antheridium with sperm Female gametophyte Archegonium with egg Maternal tissue Embryo 2 µm 10 µm Wall ingrowths Placental transfer cell similar to animal placenta

9. LE 29-7 Ancestral green alga Origin of land plants (about 475 mya) Origin of vascular plants (about 420 mya) Origin of seed plants (about 360 mya) Land plants Vascular plants Seed plants Seedless vascular plantsBryophytes Liverworts HornwortsMosses Lycophytes Pterophytes Gymno- sperms Angio- sperms Charophyceans

10. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Ancestral Algae Charophyceans Vascular Tissue? Nonvascular Bryophytes Liverworts Hornworts Mosses Vascular Seedless LycophytesPterophytes Seeded GymnospermsAngiosperms

11. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Concept 29.3: The life cycles of mosses and other bryophytes are dominated by the gametophyte stage Bryophytes are represented today by three phyla of small herbaceous (nonwoody) plants: – Liverworts, phylum Hepatophyta – Hornworts, phylum Anthocerophyta – Mosses, phylum Bryophyta

12. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Debate continues over the sequence of bryophyte evolution Mosses are most closely related to vascular plants

13. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Bryophyte Gametophytes In all three bryophyte phyla, gametophytes are larger and longer-living than sporophytes Sporophytes are typically present only part of the time Animation: Moss Life Cycle Animation: Moss Life Cycle

14. LE 29-8 Male gametophyte “Bud” Spores develop into threadlike protonemata. Protonemata “Bud” The haploid protonemata produce “buds” that grow into gametophytes. Raindrop Sperm Antheridia Most mosses have separate male and female gametophytes, with antheridia and archegonia, respectively. Egg Haploid (n) Diploid (2n) Key A sperm swims through a film of moisture to an archegonium and fertilizes the egg. Archegonia Rhizoid Female gametophyte Gametophore Spores Sporangium Peristome MEIOSIS Meiosis occurs and haploid spores develop in the sporangium of the sporophyte. When the sporangium lid pops off, the peristome “teeth” regulate gradual release of the spores. The sporophyte grows a long stalk, or seta, that emerges from the archegonium. FERTILIZATION (within archegonium) Archegonium Zygote Embryo Calyptra Young sporophyte Attached by its foot, the sporophyte remains nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte. The diploid zygote develops into a sporophyte embryo within the archegonium. Capsule (sporangium) Seta Foot Mature sporophytes Capsule with peristome (SEM) Female gametophytes

15. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Bryophyte gametophytes – Produce flagellated sperm in antheridia – Produce ova in archegonia – Generally form ground-hugging carpets and are at most only a few cells thick Some mosses have conducting tissues in the center of their “stems” and may grow vertically

16. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Bryophyte Sporophytes Bryophyte sporophytes – Grow out of archegonia – Are the smallest and simplest of all extant plant groups – Consist of a foot, a seta, and a sporangium Hornwort and moss sporophytes have stomata

17. LE 29-9a Gametophore of female gametophyte Marchantia polymorpha, a “thalloid” liverwort Foot Seta Sporangium 500 µm Marchantia sporophyte (LM)

18. LE 29-9b Plagiochila deltoidea, a “leafy” liverwort

19. LE 29-9c An Anthroceros hornwort species Sporophyte Gametophyte

20. LE 29-9d Polytrichum commune, hairy cap moss Sporophyte Gametophyte

21. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Ecological and Economic Importance of Mosses Sphagnum, or “peat moss,” forms extensive deposits of partially decayed organic material known as peat Sphagnum plays an important role in the Earth’s carbon cycle

22. LE 29-10 A peat bog. Gametophyte Sporangium at tip of sporophyte Living photo- synthetic cells Dead water- storing cells 100 µm Closeup of Sphagnum. Note the “leafy” Gametophytes and their offspring, the sporophytes. Sphagnum “leaf” (LM). The combination of living photosynthetic cells and dead water-storing cells gives the moss its spongy quality. “Tolland Man,” a bog mummy dating from 405–100 B.C. The acidic, oxygen-poor conditions produced by Sphagnum can preserve human or animal bodies for thousands of years.

23. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Concept 29.4: Ferns and other seedless vascular plants formed the first forests Bryophytes and bryophyte-like plants were the prevalent vegetation during the first 100 million years of plant evolution Vascular plants began to diversify during the Carboniferous period Vascular plants dominate most landscapes today

24. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Origins and Traits of Vascular Plants Fossils of the forerunners of vascular plants date back about 420 million years These early tiny plants had independent, branching sporophytes They lacked other derived traits of vascular plants

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26. Life Cycles with Dominant Sporophytes In contrast with bryophytes, sporophytes of seedless vascular plants are the larger generation, as in the familiar leafy fern The gametophytes are tiny plants that grow on or below the soil surface Animation: Fern Life Cycle Animation: Fern Life Cycle

27. LE 29-12 Spore Sperm Antheridium Egg Haploid (n) Diploid (2n) Key Young gametophyte Sorus Sporangium MEIOSIS FERTILIZATION Archegonium Zygote New sporophyte Mature sporophyte Sporangium Gametophyte Fiddlehead

28. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Transport in Xylem and Phloem Vascular plants have two types of vascular tissue: xylem and phloem Xylem conducts most of the water and minerals and includes dead cells called tracheids Phloem consists of living cells and distributes sugars, amino acids, and other organic products

29. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Evolution of Roots Roots are organs that anchor vascular plants They enable vascular plants to absorb water and nutrients from the soil Roots may have evolved from subterranean stems

30. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Evolution of Leaves Leaves are organs that increase the surface area of vascular plants, thereby capturing more solar energy that is used for photosynthesis

31. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Leaves are categorized by two types: – Microphylls, leaves with a single vein – Megaphylls, leaves with a highly branched vascular system According to one model of evolution, microphylls evolved first, as outgrowths of stems

32. LE 29-13 Vascular tissue Microphylls Megaphylls

33. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Sporophylls and Spore Variations Sporophylls are modified leaves with sporangia Most seedless vascular plants are homosporous, producing one type of spore that develops into a bisexual gametophyte All seed plants and some seedless vascular plants are heterosporous, having two types of spores that give rise to male and female gametophytes

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35. Classification of Seedless Vascular Plants There are two phyla of seedless vascular plants: – Lycophyta includes club mosses, spike mosses, and quillworts – Pterophyta includes ferns, horsetails, and whisk ferns and their relatives

36. LE 29-14a Selaginella apoda, a spike moss

37. LE 29-14b Isoetes gunnii, a quillwort

38. LE 29-14c Diphasiastrum tristachyum, a club moss Strobili (clusters of sporophyllis)

39. LE 29-14d Psilotum nudum, a whisk fern

40. LE 29-14e Equisetum arvense, field horsetail Vegetative stem Strobilus on fertile stem

41. LE 29-14f Athyrium filix-femina, lady fern

42. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Phylum Lycophyta: Club Mosses, Spike Mosses, and Quillworts Giant lycophytes thrived for millions of years in moist swamps Surviving species are small herbaceous plants

43. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Phylum Pterophyta: Ferns, Horsetails, and Whisk Ferns and Relatives Ferns are the most diverse seedless vascular plants, with more than 12,000 species They are most diverse in the tropics but also thrive in temperate forests Some species are even adapted to arid climates

44. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings The Significance of Seedless Vascular Plants The ancestors of modern lycophytes, horsetails, and ferns grew to great heights during the Carboniferous, forming the first forests These forests may have helped produce the global cooling at the end of the Carboniferous period The decaying plants of these Carboniferous forests eventually became coal

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