PLANTS
PTERIDOPHYTES
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Ferns
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Hornworts
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Whisk Ferns
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Horsetail
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Detailed explanation-1: -Liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are seedless, non-vascular plants that likely appeared early in land plant evolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that disperses spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as “cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today, seedless vascular plants are represented by monilophytes and lycophytes. Ferns-the most common seedless vascular plants-are monilophytes. Whisk ferns (and their relatives) and horsetails are also monilophytes. Lycophytes include club mosses, spikemosses, and quillworts-none of which are true mosses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Modern-day seedless vascular plants include club mosses, horsetails, ferns, and whisk ferns.