Angiosperms have the potential to adapt to diverse habitats. This is the main reason for their domination. They are highly evolved and,... View Article
The seed producing plants are categorized under spermatophyta (phanerogams). These are the subsets of land plants (embryophytes) and include... View Article
Cycas are evergreen palm-like plants whose plant body is sporophytic differentiated into the leaves, stem and roots. Fusion of distinct gametes... View Article
Typically, the prothallus is the gametophyte phase in the life of a fern or related pteridophytes. Rarely, this term may also be used to describe... View Article
Siphonostele is a protostele or medullated protostele along with a central nonÂvascular pith lacking leaf gaps. Siphonostele is of two types - In... View Article
Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies) are vascular plants dispersing spores. They are sometimes referred to as cryptograms as they neither... View Article
The sporophyte. The dominant phase of generation in their life cycle is the diploid sporophyte. However, the gametophytes of ferns are different... View Article
Gymnosperms are the seed-producing plants, but as opposed to angiosperms, they produce seeds without fruits. These plants develop on the surface... View Article
Listed below are few characteristics of gymnosperms - Inhabit colder regions where snow falls Naked seeds are formed in the fruit Do not... View Article
Bryophytes are small as they are restricted in size due to poor transportation means for gases, water and other nutrients. So much so that even... View Article
Mosses are primitive, small and non-vascular structures in which the conductive tissues are absent in most of them which is used for the... View Article
Typically, Riccia inhabits shady places and damp areas and other similar terrestrial habitats. Scales are violet coloured, multicellular, and... View Article
A form of sexual reproduction involving gametes having similar morphology (typically same in size and shape) is isogamy. These female and male... View Article
Zygotes are diploid cells in the complete cycle. The process of mitosis only takes place in the haploid phase. The cells or individuals as an... View Article
(a) smaller but to have larger sex organs (b) smaller and to have smaller sex organs (c) larger and to have larger sex organs (d) larger but... View Article
(a) fungi (b) ferns (c) algae (d) mosses Answer: (c) algae Explanation - The process of permanent and complete fusion of female and male... View Article