seedless vascular plants
phylum lycophyta - commonly called the lycopods or clubmosses
phylum monilophyta - commonly called ferns have leaves called fronds
nonvascular plants
phylum Bryophyta - the most common bryophytes are the mosses, usually observed growing close together to form a thick mat for structural supper and water retention
phylum hepatophyta - commonly called the liverworts. These are small fleshy plants
which are divided into lobes.
Phylum Anthocerophyta: commonly called the hornworts. These plants are similar to
the liverworts but have elongated capsules that resemble “horns”.
dominant generation in nonvascular plants
haploid gametophytes
dominant generation in seedless vascular plants
Their life cycle is a variation of alternation of generations in which the sporophyte
is the dominant plant;
eudicots
net work pattern
monocots
parallel
monocots
- one cotyledons
- parallel venation
- scattered vascular bundles
flower parts in multiples of 3 - example would be Corn
