NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PLANTAE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following correctly shows plants in order from most primitive to most complex?
A
Vascular seedless plants-Gymnosperms-Nonvascular plants-Angiosperms-Algae
B
Algae-Gymnosperms-Angiosperms-Nonvascular plants-Vascular seedless plants
C
Angiosperms-Gymnosperms-Seedless vascular plants-Nonvascular plants-Algae
D
Algae-Nonvascular plants-Vascular seedless plants-Gymnosperms-Angiosperms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mosses are the most primitive living land plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -They are commonly called ferns.-Ferns are usually well-differentiated which means they have well-developed roots, stems and all but when to come to life cycle it occurs by the spore dispersal, hence it is considered as the most primitive plant.

Detailed explanation-3: -These are the nonvascular plants or bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), the seedless vascular plants (clubmosses and ferns including, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns), gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes), and angiosperms, or flowering plants.

Detailed explanation-4: -Studies on the evolution of plants show the earliest ones to be the algal mats ( green algae) some 510 million years ago. This gave rise to bryophytes, early vascular plants lycopods, ferns to more complex gymnosperms and angiosperms. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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