Question

Refer to the given flow chart for the kingdom Plantae. Select the correct statement regarding X, Y, and Z.

• A. X can be Angiosperms.
• B. Y can be Angiosperms.
• C. Y can be Cryptogams such as Pteridophytes.
• D. Z can be Gymnosperms only.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Y can be Cryptogams such as Pteridophytes.

A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds. "Cryptogamae" represents the non-seed bearing plants. Other names, such as "thallophytes", "lower plants", and "spore plants" are also occasionally used. As a group, Cryptogamae is the opposite of the Phanerogamae or Spermatophyta the seed plants. The best-known groups of cryptogams are algae, lichens, mosses, and ferns, but it also includes non-photosynthetic organisms traditionally classified as plants, such as fungi, slime molds, and bacteria.
Pteridophytes are a phylum of plants. They are the vascular plants (those having xylem and phloem tissues) that reproduce by releasing spores rather than seeds, and they include the highly diverse true ferns and other graceful, primarily forest-dwelling plants.