AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following plants is a pteridophyte?
A
Spirogyra
B
Funaria
C
Anthoceros
D
Selaginella
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Selaginella: Belong to Pteridophytes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Selaginella is a pteridophyte. It is also called spikemoss or club moss. It is the largest and the only living genus of the family Selaginellaceae. It contains more than 800 species distributed all around the world with the highest diversity found in the tropical regions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Final answer: The heterosporous pteridophytes are Selaginella and Salvinia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Selaginella species are creeping or ascendant plants with simple, scale-like leaves (microphylls) on branching stems from which roots also arise. The stems are aerial, horizontally creeping on the substratum (as in Selaginella kraussiana), sub-erect (Selaginella trachyphylla) or erect (as in Selaginella erythropus).

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