While studying a plant, you discover that it has chlorophyll, no xylem. Its multicellulcar sex organs are enclosed in a layer of jacket cells. Its gametophyte Stage is free living. The plant probability belongs to
A
Chlorophyceae
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B
Bryophyte
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C
Pteridophyte
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D
Gymnosperm
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Solution
The correct option is C Pteridophyte The life cycle of higher plants is dominated by the sporophyte stage, with the gametophyte borne on the sporophyte. In ferns, the gametophyte is free-living and very distinct in structure from the diploid sporophyte. Pteridophytes also have their multicellular sex organs covered in the multicellular jacket later.
So the correct answer should be option 'Pteridophyte' .