HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Most bryophytes are small. They not only lack vascular tissues; they also lack true leaves, seeds, and flowers. Instead of roots, they have hair-like rhizoids to anchor them to the ground and to absorb water and minerals (see Figure below).

Detailed explanation-2: -Nonvascular plants do not have vascular tissues like xylem and phloem, while vascular seedless plants do. Nonvascular plants have a dominant gametophyte phase, but vascular seedless plants have a dominant sporophyte phase.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rhizoids are small filaments, or tiny hairs, that are found on bryophytes like mosses, liverworts, hornworts, which are non-vascular plants, and some species of fungi and algae.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nonvascular seedless plants, also known as bryophytes, are classified into three phyla: mosses, hornworts, and the liverworts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hornworts are minute nonvascular plants, similar in size to liverworts. They also have very fine rhizoids and lack stems. Their sporophytes are long and pointed, like tiny horns.