Plants having thallus body are known as

Pteridophyta

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Bryophyta

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Thallophyta

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The correct option is C Thallophyta
A thallus is composed of filaments or plates of cells and ranges in size from a unicellular structure to a complex tree-like form.
Thallophyta is a division of the plant kingdom including primitive forms of plants showing a simple plant body i.e thallus. For example, unicellular to large algae, fungi, lichens.
Hence Plants having thallus bodies are known as 'Thallophyta'.

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