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Lycophytes |
1200 spp. 400 mya Microphylls |
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Lycopodiaceae |
Club moss Tiny conifer Strobili |
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Slaginellaceae |
Spike moss 1 genus 750 spp Leathery fern Resurrection plant Heterosperous |
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Isoetaceae |
Quillworts I genus iseotes Quill microphylls Only seedless plant second growth |
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Monilophytes |
Psitotales Polypodiales Equistales |
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Psilotales |
No true roots or leaves |
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Polypododiales (ferns) |
35 fam. 10500 spp Rhyzomes make leaves Spores cluster Circulate vernation |
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Equisetales |
Horsetail 15 spp Wetlands |
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Gymnosperms |
Conifers Pines Cycles Ginko Gnetophytes |
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Conifers |
70 genera 630 spp 300 mya Needle linear leaves Survives cold and less nutrients Trees and shrubs |
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Pines |
Spiral fasicles Thick epidermis Sunken stomata Vascular bundles |
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Cycads |
11 genera 300 spp. 250 mya Tropical and sub Compound leaves and cones |
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Ginko |
G. Bilboba Preserved in Japan and China temples |
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Gnetophytes |
Gnetum Ephedra Welswitchia |
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Angiosperm |
300,000 + spp 135 mya diversified 100 mya Size ranges duck weed to eucalyptus Freeliving |
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Angiosperm shared derived characters |
Flowers Reduced male and female g-phyte Double fertilization Triploid endosperm - sperm and 2 polar nuclei off egg Fruit- seed and mature ovary |
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