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Plant Diversity I and II. Labs 6 and 7 BIOL 171. Introduction. First land plants were related to green algae – 500 million years ago. Plant Life Cycles. All land plants have a common sexual reproductive life cycle called alteration of generations Gametophyte – haploid (n) generation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Plant Diversity I and II
Labs 6 and 7BIOL 171
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IntroductionFirst land plants were related to green algae – 500
million years ago
Plant Life Cycles
• All land plants have a common sexual reproductive life cycle called alteration of generations
• Gametophyte – haploid (n) generation• Sporophyte – diploid (2n) generation• One generation is always dominant (more
conspicuous)– In the Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) the
gametophyte is dominant– In all other land plants the sporophyte is dominant
Alteration of Generations(also look at figure 2 in lab manual)
Alteration of Generations Vocab• Spores – (n) produced by the sporophyte generation
through meiosis – germinate to produce the gametophyte (n)
• Sporangium – a protective nonreproductive jacket that contains the spores
• Gametes – produced inside the gametangia located on the gametophyte
• Eggs (n) are produced inside the archegonia through mitosis• Sperm (n) are produced inside the antheridium through
mitosis• Zygote – (2n) formed by fusion of the gametes, this is the
first stage of the sporophyte generation
Bryophytes• 3 divisions (phyla): Bryophyta (mosses),
Hepatophyta (liverworts), and Anthocerophyta (hornworts).
• Small plants, lacking vascular tissue (specialized cells for transport of material)
• The gametophyte generation is dominant and conspicuous plant.
• Restricted to moist habitats– Both because they lack vascular tissue– And because this enables their mobile sperm to swim and
fertilize the egg• Have a cuticle, but lack stomata on the surface of
the thallus (plant body)
Bryophyta (mosses)
• Most common group• Occurs in moist environments, but also found
in dry habitats that are periodically moist
Peat moss (Sphagnum)
Alternation of generations (mosses) GAMETOPHYTE (n)
SPOROPHYTE (2n)
(gametangia)
Ovum
Sperm
Embryo (2n)
Spore (n)
Gametophyte
Gametophyte (n)
Sporophyte (2n)
Hepatophyta (liverworts)
• Flattened and lobed thallus (plant body)• Early herbalists believed that these plants
were could treat liver disorders.• Found along streams on moist rocks• Very small
Liverwort body form
• Rhizoids – rootlike extensions on the lower surface of the thallus
• There are pores on the leaflike thallus that function in gas exchange, but lack guard cells so are always open.
• Gemmae cups are located on the upper surface of the thallus, they are circular cups that contain flat disks of green tissue called gemmae.
• The gemmae are washed out of the cups when it rains, and they grow into new, genetically identical liverworts.
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