You are given an unknown plants to study in the laboratory. You find that it has chlorophyll, no xylem. Its multicellular sex organs are enclosed in a layer of jacket cells, Its gametophyte state is free living. The plant probably belongs to-
A
Chlorophyceae
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B
Bryophyta
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C
Pteriodophyta
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D
Gymnosperm
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Solution
The correct option is A Bryophyta
Bryophyta, the division of green plants, refers to embryophytes which in literal terms, are land plants, especially the non-vascular ones. The only prime feature of a bryophyte is that it does not have true vascular tissue.
Antheridia and archegonia are both multicellular structures, and each has an outer layer of jacket cells that protects the enclosed gametes from drying out.