PLANTS
CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
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nonvascular and seed-producing
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nonvascular and spore-producing
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vascular and spore-producing
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vascular and seed-producing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mosses, and their cousins liverworts and hornworts, are classified as Bryophyta (bryophytes) in the plant kingdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nonvascular plants (often referred to collectively as the bryophytes) include three groups: the mosses (Bryophyta), approximately 15, 000 species; liverworts (Hepaticophyta), approximately 7500 species; and hornworts (Anthocerophyta), approximately 250 species (Table 1).
Detailed explanation-3: -A moss is a flowerless, spore-producing plant-with the spores produced in small capsules. The introductory WHAT IS A BRYOPHYTE? page noted that bryophytes have a gametophyte stage and a sporophyte stage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mosses and liverworts are small, primitive, non-vascular plants. They lack the conductive tissue most plants use to transport water and nutrients. Instead, moisture is absorbed directly into cells by osmosis.