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| unicellular to multicellular; sea lettuce; asexualy and sexually; fertilization takes place away from parent plants; unicellular species diploid only as zygotes; multicellular species goes thru alterations of generations |
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| multicellular; photosythetic reproduction cells; freshwater algae; asexual reproduction; flagellated spores;alteration of generations does not occur; only diploid stage is zygote |
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| accumulate calcium carbonates over surface; all multicellular; freshwater algae; sexual reproduction;alteration of generations does not occur; only diploid stage is in zygote |
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| liver-shaped leaves; damp forest floors or trunch and branches if tropical trees; covered with cuticle; asexual reproduction; produce gemmae; gametophyte longest lived stage of life cycle; sporophyte small and depend on gametophyte for nutrition |
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hepaticophyta (liverworts) |
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| sporophytes have horn-like appearances; sporophytes have stomata; either male or female; gametophyte is longest lived stage of life cycle; sporophytes manufacture their own food but get some nutrients from gameophytes |
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anthocerophyta (hornworts) |
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| mainly found in moist environments but can also be found in extreme environments; can not grow taller than a few centimeters; asexual reproduction (fragmentation); sporophyte longest lives stage and gets most of nutirents from gameophyte |
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| small; most live on forest floor; most ancient plant with roots; asexual reproduction; gameophytes live underground and get nutrients from fungi |
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| tropical regions; lack roots; gain most of nutrition from fungi; asexual reproduction; sporophytes very tall but gameophytes very small |
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psilotophyta (whisk ferns) |
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| wet habitats (streams); can flourish in waterlogged/oxygen poor areas; hollow stems; asexual reproduction (fragmentation); gameophytes short-lived |
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| tropics; grow on trunks/branches of trees; only seedless vascular plants with such large leaves; sexual reproduction; sporophyte typically larger and longest phase of cell cycle |
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vines, dessert shrubs;make wood as support structure; pollen transferd by wind/insects |
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| tropics; woody, tree sized; pollen carried by insects; brightly coloured to attract birds and mammals to disperse seeds; |
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| only one species alive today; deciduous; pollen transported by wind; either male/female |
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| pines, cedars, spruces; cone reproductive structure; have narrow needle-like leaves; grow in dry habitats or cold environments due to very small leaves; wind pollinated; male and female cones |
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| flowering plants; most species rich lineage of land plants; vessels, tracheids and vessels; have a carpel structure; have seeds; pollinators |
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