AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bryophyta includes embryophytes like mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. These are small plants that grow in shady and damp areas. They lack vascular tissues.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bryophyta is a group of plants which do not bear fruits, seeds and vascular tissues. They are known as ‘amphibians of plant kingdom’. Their body is thalloid and green due to the presence of chloroplast. Male sexual organ is antheridium and female sexual organ is archegonium.

Detailed explanation-3: -In this part of the website you’ll find descriptions of the features you can see in the three groups of bryophytes – the hornworts, liverworts and mosses. The aim is to give you a good understanding of bryophyte structure and of the similarities and differences between the three groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mosses, and their relatives the hornworts and liverworts are regarded as the first true plants on dry land. These groups, collectively known as the bryophytes, are small and inconspicuous, damp-loving plants.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dendroceros and Megaceros are mainly tropical genera. Hornworts have an ancient lineage and are thought to be some of the earliest plants to have evolved on land. Traditionally, hornworts have been classified as bryophytes, together with mosses (division Bryophyta) and liverworts (division Marchantiophyta).