Botany – Plant Evolution
Name:
Phylum:
Genus: Acetabularia
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Phylum:
Genus: Cladophora
How can you tell the gametophyte apart from the sporophyte?
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Phylum:
Genus: Chara
Dominant generation?
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Phylum:
Genus: Chara
How can you tell the gametophyte apart from the sporophyte?
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Phylum:
Genus: Laminaria
Define: thallus, holdfasts, stipes bladders and Lamina.
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Phylum:
Genus: Fucus
Why is this seaweed not considered a plant?
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Phylum:
Genus: Ephedra
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Genus: Marchantia
Common name?
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Genus: Polypodium
Which generation is dominant?
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Phylum:
Genus: Ginkgo
What does dioecious mean?
Why can Ginkos be considered a missing link in plant evolution?
Phylum:
Genus: Sphagnum
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Name: Pinus sylvestris – Scots Pine.
Why are there two kinds of cones?
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Phylum:
Genus: Larix
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Phylum:
Genus: Ricciocarpus
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Name:Dryopteris marginalis
What are sori?
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Phylum:
Genus :Utricularia,
Common name?
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Phylum:
Genus: Psilotum
Common Name”
Why can Psilotum be considered a missing link in plant evolution?
Phylum:
Genus: Phaseolus
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Genus: Lycopodium
Which genertionis dominant?
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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Phylum:
Genus: Chondrus
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Phylum:
Genus: Sargassum
Define: thallus, holdfasts, stipes bladders and Lamina.
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Phylum:
Genus: Corallina
Why is it surpising to be found growing around the rims of tide
pools?
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Phylum:
Genus: Equisetum
What is is a "living fossil"?
Is this a primitive plant? Explain
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