Botany – Plant Evolution Name:

Phylum:

Genus: Acetabularia

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Phylum:

Genus: Cladophora

How can you tell the gametophyte apart from the sporophyte?

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Phylum:

Genus: Chara

Dominant generation?

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Phylum:

Genus: Chara

How can you tell the gametophyte apart from the sporophyte?

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Phylum:

Genus: Laminaria

Define: thallus, holdfasts, stipes bladders and Lamina.

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Phylum:

Genus: Fucus

Why is this seaweed not considered a plant?

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Phylum:

Genus: Ephedra

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Genus: Marchantia

Common name?

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Genus: Polypodium

Which generation is dominant?

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Phylum:

Genus: Ginkgo

What does dioecious mean?

Why can Ginkos be considered a missing link in plant evolution?

Phylum:

Genus: Sphagnum

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Name: Pinus sylvestris – Scots Pine.

Why are there two kinds of cones?

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Phylum:

Genus: Larix

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Phylum:

Genus: Ricciocarpus

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Name:Dryopteris marginalis

What are sori?

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Phylum:

Genus :Utricularia,

Common name?

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Phylum:

Genus: Psilotum

Common Name”

Why can Psilotum be considered a missing link in plant evolution?

Phylum:

Genus: Phaseolus

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Genus: Lycopodium

Which genertionis dominant?

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Phylum:

Genus: Chondrus

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Phylum:

Genus: Sargassum

Define: thallus, holdfasts, stipes bladders and Lamina.

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Phylum:

Genus: Corallina

Why is it surpising to be found growing around the rims of tide

pools?

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Phylum:

Genus: Equisetum

What is is a "living fossil"?

Is this a primitive plant? Explain

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Tom Mueller RHS