Question

___are called as amphibians of the plant kingdom.

Answer 1

Bryophytes:

1. Bryophytes are entitled as the "Amphibians of the plant kingdom" as these plants are present in the soil but they require water in order to carry out asexual reproduction.
2. Some of its characteristics are as follows:
   1. Their body is thallus like which means it could be either prostrate or erect.
   2. It is attached to the substratum via the rhizoids, which are unicellular or multicellular.
   3. They also lack true vegetative structure and have a root-like, stem-like, and leaf-like structure.
   4. Bryophytes lacked the vascular system i.e. xylem and phloem.
   5. They show alternation of generation between the independent gametophyte(haploid) possessing sex organs that produce sperm and eggs and the dependent sporophyte contains spores

Final answer: Bryophytes are called as amphibians of the plant kingdom.