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Plants that form just one type of spore are described as being: |
Homosporous |
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Plants that form both microspores and megaspores are described as being: |
Heterosporous |
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Which three plant phyla have dominant gametophyte generations (with a “reduced” sporophyte)? |
Bryophyta Hepatophyta Anthocerotophyta |
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Which two phyla contain free-sporing vascular plants? |
Lycophyta Pterophyta |
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List the four phyla of “gymnosperms:” |
Pinophyta Cycadophyta Ginkgophyta Gnetophyta |
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What is the name of the phylum that includes the flowering plants? |
Magnoliophyta |
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Which plant phylum contains just one extant (i.e. living) species? What is the name of that species? |
Ginkgophyta Ginkgo Biloba |
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Which group of non-vascular plants has a perennial thalloid gametophyte stage, and a sporophyte that grows from the gametophyte thallus by a basal meristem over a period of several years? |
Anthocerotophyta |
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Which group of non-vascular plants has a sporophyte called a capsule? |
Bryophyta |
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How does a thalloid liverwort differ from a leafy liverwort? |
Leafy: Leaves arranged in 2-3 rows, look like mosses Thalloid: No stems/leaves, body flat like a green pancake |
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Mosses, liverworts, and hornworts lack roots, but are attached to the substrate by strands of cells called: |
Rhizoids |
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Among the non-vascular free sporing plants, nutrients are transferred from the gametophyte to a portion of the sporophyte (embedded in gametophyte tissue) called the: |
Capsule |
