Biology
Biology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321794260
Author: Audesirk, Teresa/ Audesirk
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Chapter 44.1, Problem 1CYL
Summary Introduction

To describe:

Plant sexual life cycle.

Introduction:

Plants are multicellular eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. All green plants are autotrophic, that is, they are able to synthesize their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Reproduction in plants can take place both sexually and asexually.

Summary Introduction

To draw:

Life cycles of ferns and flowering plants. Also, to explain the reproductive function of each stage.

Introduction:

Angiosperms are vascular flowering plants. There are about 300,000 species of angiosperms. It is the most diverse group in kingdom Plantae. 80% of the total living green plants belong to angiosperms. Double fertilization is the characteristic feature of angiospermic plants.

Ferns belong to vascular plants that neither produces seeds nor flowers. Ferns belong to the class Polypodiopsida. They are different from mosses as they have vascular tissues that conduct nutrients and water.

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