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synapomorphy
shared, derived characteristics
clade
related branches
node
common ancestor
monophyletic
common ancestor and all decendants
ex. green algae and land plants
paraphyletic
common ancestor, not all descendants
ex. green algae
polyphyletic
no common ancestor ex. algae
Green Algae
Unicellular and multicelluar, freshwater, marine and terrestrial, no embryos, no cuticle, most similar to land plants of all algae are chlorophylls a and b, carotenoid pigments-photoprotection, cellulose cell walls, starch stored in chloroplasts
Green Algae- multinucleate
coenocytic- consisting of multinucleate cells
green algae- thallus
simple structure, seaweed has a flat or tubular thallus- undifferentiated body
green algae- carotenoid pigments
A reddish/orange plastid pigment
green algae- phycoplast
pic from cytokinesis/compares to phragmoplast
green algae- phragmoplast
a body, consisting of microtubules and vesicles, involved in the synthesis of the cell place during cytokinesis of plant cells
Mosses
one lineage of bryophyes, having gametophytes with leaflike, stemlike and rootlike organs, and producing sporophyes that grown on and up above the gametophye, with a stalk and a capsule containing spores
mosses- gametophyte
the gamete producing plant
mosses- flagellar roots
lec 1, page 3, roots coming off of basal bodies with flagella, can be symmetrical or multilayered structure
homiohydric- mosses
avoid desiccation- common in vascular plants
mosses- poikilohydric
desiccation tolerant
mosses- endohydric
adaptations to maintain hydration are cuticle, stomata, vascular tissue, absorbs water inside, stomata take in co2 w/o losing too much h20, vasc tissue distributes h20 - vasc plants and some bryophytes
mosses-ectohydric
surface capillary spaces maintain hydration, hydration from the outside- most bryophytes
sporophyte- mosses
in mosses, sporophytes are capsules
Mosses- spores
Spores germinate to form protonema that resembles filamentous green alga.
Mosses- capsule
sporangium
mosses- calyptra
archegonium
mosses-peristome
disperses spores
Liverworts- gametophyte
bilaterally symmeltrical- complex thalloid, simple thalloid, leafy
Liverworts- Thalloid
Marchantia has thallus with midrib, surface with polygons and each polygon has a central pore.

Layers pore, epidermis, photosynthetic cells, colorless cells with air chamber at top (pore)
Liverworts- photosynthetic cells
cells under epidermis, above colorless cells
liverworts- gemmae cups
small masses of vegetative tissue, scattered by rain drops, develop into new thallus- part of asexual reproduction
liverworts- gemmae
found inside of gemma cups- small masses of vegetative tissue- part of asexucal reproduction
liverworts- antheridiophores
have antheridium with developing sperm inside
liverworts- archegoniophores
archegonia stem attaches to egg, becomes embryo
liverworts- sporophyte
develops in archegonium, spores are formed by meiosis
liverworts- foot
end of sporophyte
liverworts- stalk
between sporangium and foot
liverworts- sporangium
large, round part of sporophyte
liverworts- calyptra
archegonium of liverworts, around/at end of sporangium
liverworts- elaters
elaters help to disperse spores.
Hornworts- gametophyte
thalloid gametophyte- one chloroplast per cell, pyrenoids, harbor blue-green algae
hornworts- sporophyte
horn shaped with elaters that disperse spores, has cuticle, stomata
hornworts-spores
on sporophytes, wind blown spores
Seedless vascular plants- cuticle
present on plants with fuctional stomata
SVP- lignin
In vascular tissue
SVP- megaphyll
a leaf whose trace is marked with a gap in the stem's vascular system; megaphylls are thought to represent modified branch systems.
SVP- microphylls
a leaf whose trace is not marked with a gap in the stem's vascular system; microphylls are thought to represent epidermal outgrowths
SVP- dichotomous branching
the forking of an exis into two branches
SVP- rhizome
an elongated, underground, horizontal stem
SVP- roots
a usually undergound organ adapted for growth through soil and absorption of minerals and water, containing a central vascular cylinder, in cladistics, the oldest node in a clade or cladogram
SVP- protostele
Leaf trace, vascular bundle, found in lycophytes, whisk ferns, some ferns
SVP- siphonostele
pith, leaf trace, leaf gap, in some ferns
SVP- eustele
individual bundles, axial bundle, horsetails, seed plants with individual bundles of vascular tissue
SVP- sporangia
in lycophytes- lateral sporangia (includes club mosses and spike moss)
sporangia in sporophyll, sporophylls are leaves with sporangia attached
3 chambers full of haploid myospores- will grow into gametophytes- homosporous
In Whisk ferns, terminal sporangia are on lateral branches.
SVP- strobilus
in club mosses- sporophylls clustered at tips of branches
SVP- spores
haploid- all of them!!!
SVP- sporophyll
sporangium + microphyll
SVP- sporangiophore
strobili have sporgangiophores- homosporous- sporgangiophore is a hypha that bears one or more sporangia
SVP- homospory
the condition of producing one sort of spore only- (lycophytes- club mosses only), whisk ferns, horsetails, most true ferns
SVP- heterospory-
the condition of producing microspores and megaspores- (lycophytes- spike mosses), a few true ferns
Fossils- compression
sediment on top of plant which forms rock and leaves preserved plant, dead plants are buried in sediment, sediment prevents air. Oxygen and hydrocarbons are preserving
fossils- cast and mold
plant decays, the void is filled by rock (cast), the cast is the negative space
fossils- petrification
tissue replaced by minerals (ex. petrified wood)
fossils- form genus
not whole plant, just one part, similar leaves stems or roots are assigned to a form genus, a whole plant may be classified in several form genera
fossils- Ordovician Period
spores and liverworts, also when fish were radiating, probably about 500 mya
Fossils- Silurian Period
Oldest plant macrofossils- spores- mosses, hornworts, SVPs, slightly less than ordovician period and slightly more than devonian
Devonian Period- Fossils
Middle of Paleozoic area- Diverse vascular plant flora, younger than silurian and ordovician
Carboniferous Period
forests of seedless vascular plants- closer to 300 MYA, younger than devonian period
True Ferns- sporophyte
rhizome with roots, shoot apical meristem, crozier or fiddlehead and megaphyll with sporangia
True Ferns- fiddleheads
croziers- unroll very fast
True Ferns- Sorus
sporangia clustered in sori- 1. seperate sporangia- no sori, most primitive
2. marginal sorus- extended leaf margin
3. submarginal sorus- false indusium
4. intramarginal sorus- indusium
TF- indusium
little flaps of tissue that protects sorgania, keeps from drying out when developing
TF- leptosporangia
few spores, wall is one cell layer thick, slender stalk, annulus for spore dispersal, develop from a single cell, only in leptosporangiate ferns
TF- Annulus-
aids in spore dispersal, in ferns, a row of specialized cells in a sporangium, of importance n opening of the psorganium; in mosses, thick walled cells along the rim of the sporganium to which teh peristome is attached
TF- Stalk
slender
TF- dictyostele
type of stele found in true ferns- siphonostele with lots of leaves very close together
TF- gametophytes
have archegonia, photosynthetic cells, spore wall, rhizoids, antheridia- smaller ones are all males, large are bisexual, haploid!!
Fern Life cycle
sporophyte (2n) gives off spores (n) go to gametophyte (n) mitosis prod. gametes (n) to embryo (2n) back to sporophyte (2n)
Leptosporangiate
True Ferns- largest and most diverse group of SVP's, a monophyletic group- sing common ancestor, dist from other SVP's by leptosporangia. Most homosporous
Green Algae- Chlorophyceans
genus- Volvox species- Linnaeus
most complex of the motile colonial chlorophycean algae. connections by cytoplasmic strands and daughter colonies develop within each parent colony.
Green Algae- Ulvophyceans
genus- Ulva Sea lettuce- marine environments where it attaches to rocks and pilings by means of a holdfast.
Green Algae- charophyceae
Nitella- thallus into nodes and internodes. Indiv cells are large and multinucleate.
Bryophytes- Mosses- Physcomitrella
Physcomitrella patens- be able to see chlorplasts, cross walls and buds- complete genome seq. just published a few months ago.
bryophytes- liverworts-
Marchantia- high specialized thalose liverowrts with elevated gametangia. polygonal plates with central pores, gemmae cups, rhizoids and scales, air chambers etc.
bryophytes- hornworts
anthoceros- gametophyte and horn shaped sporophyte present. central axis and spores present on sporophyte
SVP- lycophytes
lepidodendron- stem from genus lepidodendron- woody trunks with leave scars (scaly), rhizome from genus stigmaria- circular scars in a spiral arrangement. leaf from genus lepidophylloides- linear leaves with central vascular bundle, strobilus from lepidostrobus- size of large pine cones
SVP- Club mosses
Huperzia- formerly lycopodium- stems are dichotomously branched and have protostels. leaves are mirophylls and single vascular bundle. sporgangia borne on sporophylls, may be clustered in strobili.
SVP- Lycophytes- Spike Mosses
Selaginella- two types of spores- megaspores and microspores, heterosporous
SVP- Monilophytes- Whisk Ferns
Psilotum- has eusporangia with massive stalks, many spores and multi layered sporganial wall.
SVP- True Ferns- Ceratopteris
what we grew, water makes archegonial neck open, bumps at base of archegonia are embryo sporophytes.
SVP- True Ferns- Marsilea
sporgania of marsilea are contained in hard, descication resistant structures called sporocarps. sorophore with attached sori swells and emerges from the sporocarp. ID megaspores and microspores. compare this plant to a water lily.
SVP- True Ferns- Azolla
pouches on the underside of the leaves of this floating fern hold symbiotic blue green algae.