Question

Botanical snakes are called______.

Answer 1

Botanical snakes:

1. Botanical snakes, or snakes of the plant kingdom, are Pteridophytes.
2. This is due to the fact that they resemble reptiles.
3. Just like reptiles were the first land animals, pteridophytes were also the first land plants.
4. Pteridophytes are the most primitive seedless vascular plants that reproduce through spores (where pteron refers to a feather and python to a plant).
5. They were the first true land plants that emerged after bryophytes, similar to reptiles that evolved after amphibians.
6. Hence, they are frequently referred to as Plantae's Botanical Snakes.
7. They rely on an external source of water for fertilization.

Final answer: Botanical snakes are called pteridophytes.