DENDROLOGY AND SOCIETY
PLANT CLASSIFICATION
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Question
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The most likely ancestor to primitive plants like mosses would be:
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ferns
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gymnosperms
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angiosperms
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algae
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The ancestors to the Archaeplastida became photosynthetic by forming an endosymbiotic relationship with a green, photosynthetic bacterium about 1.65 billion years ago. That algal line evolved into the red and green algae, and eventually into the modern mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.
Detailed explanation-2: -Considerable evidences support the hypothesis that green algae (Chlorophyta s.l.), and in particular, the Charophyceans or Charophyta (Coleochaete, Chara, Nitella) are the most representative group of immediate land plant ancestors.
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