The walking fern is named so because they propagate vegetatively by their leaf tips. When their leaf tip is in proximity with the soil, they form... View Article
Dichotomous branching is a characteristic feature of liverworts examples - Pellia, Riccia, Marchantia, etc. which is a primitive form of... View Article
Bryophytes are green photosynthetic and thalloid structures. The plant body exhibits root, stem and leaves. Rhizoids are seen instead of roots,... View Article
Bryophytes comprise a small sporophyte phase and are generally parasitic on gametophyte. The main plant body is gametophytic which is independent... View Article
Meiosis in ferns occurs at the time of spore formation. The plant body of ferns is sporophytic (2n), differentiated into leaves, stems and roots.... View Article
Cycas has two cotyledons but is not included in angiosperms because of naked ovules. Cycas belongs to Order Cycadales of gymnosperms as it has a... View Article
Mosses (primitive bryophytes) are small and lack a tubular vascular system. They are non-vascular plants and hence must absorb water. They depend... View Article
Eichler divided the plant kingdom into two sub kingdoms -  Cryptogamae and Phanerogamae. Plants reproducing by spores such as ferns and mosses... View Article
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
