HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOLOGY

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The common name for the organism in bryophytes is
A
mosses
B
flowering plants
C
ferns
D
pines
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -bryophyte, traditional name for any nonvascular seedless plant-namely, any of the mosses (division Bryophyta), hornworts (division Anthocerotophyta), and liverworts (division Marchantiophyta).

Detailed explanation-2: -The term Bryophyta came from the word ‘Bryon’ which means moss and python means plants. Bryophyta includes embryophytes like mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. These are the plants that grow in shady and damp areas and are small in size. They lack vascular tissues.

Detailed explanation-3: -apple moss (Bartramia pomiformis) carpet moss (genus Hypnum) sheet moss (H. curvifolium) cord moss (genus Funaria) cushion moss (genus Leucobryum) elf-cap moss (genus Buxbaumia) extinguisher moss (genus Encalypta) feather moss (Ptilim crista-castrensis, monotypic genus) fern moss (genus Thuidium) More items

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