Nonvascular Plants and

Seedless Vascular Plants

 Plants
 Domain Eukarya
 Kingdom Plantae

“Bryophytes” - nonvascular seedless plants

 Phylum Hepatophyta Liverworts
 Phylum Anthocerotophyta Hornworts
 Phylum Bryophyta Moss
“Vascular Seedless Plants”
 Phylum Lycopodophyta Club Moss
 Phylum Monilophyta Wisk fern
 Phylum Monilophyta Horsetails
 Phylum Monilophyta Ferns
Alternation of Generations
 Sporophyte Generation
 Produces haploid spores by meiosis
 Gametophyte
Generation
 Produces gametes by mitosis
 Nonvascular Seedless Plants
 Mosses, liverworts, and
hornworts
 Gametophyte generation is
dominant
 Produces eggs in
archegonia
 Produces flagellated
Notice the gemmae cups
sperm in antheridia In this liverwort
 Rely on water source for
reproduction
Vascular Seedless Plants

 Whisk ferns, club mosses,

horsetails, and ferns
 Sporophyte generation is
dominant
 Adaptations for living on
land
 Vascular tissue
What is a Thallus?
 Body of a lower plant that has no recognizable
shoot, root, or leaf regions

Young sporophyte emerging from prothallus

Vascular Seedless Plants
Cross Section of Frond Leaflet
 Sporophyte Generation
 The sorus contains the sporangium where the
spores are produced
Seeds
 Seeds
 Seeds contain a young, developing
plant embryo
 Seeds are covered with a protective
seed coat (testa)
 Inside is stored food or endosperm
that the young plant uses as it
begins to sprout or germinate
 Seeds form from ripened ovules
after fertilization
 Parts of a Seed Embryo
Primary root or Radicle
One or two embryonic leaves called
Cotyledons
Plumule becomes the shoot
Stem like portion below cotyledons called
Hypocotyl
Stem like portion above cotyledons called
Epicotyl
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Parts of a Seed
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Endosperm (3n)

Seed Coat

Cotyledon
Plumule

Epicotyl

Hypocotyl

Radicle