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Bryophyte

Bryophytes are most commonly mosses, they are restricted to mostly moist environments. Considered non-vascular, due to a lack of vascular tissue.


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Question from a freshman-definitions

... (cotrary to monopodial branching for example). In bryophyta, Marchantia polymorpha is a good example. Seta is the stem of the sporophyte of a bryophyte and it bears a sporangium. It's long and greenless in Bryopsida and Polytrichopsida . Sphagnopsida don't have seta and the sporangium is carried ...

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by SU_reptile
Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:38 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Question from a freshman-definitions
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can anyone help me with these 2 questions?

... in each of the following: A) a Caesar salad and B) a baked potato 2.A) List two differences between the life cycle of a gymnosperm and that of a bryophyte. B) How has each difference (that you listed in part A) affected the relative success of these two groups on land?

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by feifly119
Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:47 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: can anyone help me with these 2 questions?
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Seed Plants

anthophytes I am confused about this word. :? Is there an other name for it? Do you mean bryophyte or antheridia? or anthocyanis? and I think this topic should be in the genetics section, too difficult for me to answer. just remember that the gametes of any organism ...

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by Linn
Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:39 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Seed Plants
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Bryophytes

... it. Guess I was wrong... ancient lineages of living land plants. For example, current graduate student DorothyBelle Poli is studying how these bryophytes generate post-embryonic axes, which is the key process for constructing plant bodies. In contemporary vascular plants (e.g., ferns, gymnosperms, ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:19 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Bryophytes
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Re:

I think that ferns are classified as Pteridophytes. Also I am not sure what the term "bryophyte" would be called exactly, butI believe the group contains the phyla Bryophyta, Anthocerophyta, and Hepatophyta, so I don't think you can call "bryophyte" a phylum.

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by jonofbridger
Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:18 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Kingdom Plante
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