In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Bryophytes 2. Functions of Bryophytes 3. Economic Importance. Characters of Bryophytes: Bryophytes are nonvascular terrestrial plants of moist habitats in which z multicellular diploid sporophyte lives as a parasite on an independent multicellular haploid. Gametophyte that develops multicellular jacketed sex organs. 1. They have over 25,000 species. 2. Bryophytes live [...]
List of four important fossil bryophytes:- 1. Fossil Hepatophyta 2. Fossil Anthocerotophyta 3. Fossil Bryophyta 4. Problematic Fossil Bryophytes. 1. Fossil Hepatophyta (Marchantiophyta): The earliest record of vegetative fossil bryophyte remains is the liverwort from the Upper Devonian of New York which has been assigned to the form-genus Pallavicinites, (= Hepaticites) devonicus (Fig. 6.60A). The reproductive structures are not found [...]
The upcoming discussion will update you about the difference between Marchantiophyta, Anthocerotophyta and Bryophyta. Difference # Marchantiophyta: 1. Thallus or leafy shoot; thallus simple or with air chambers. 2. In leafy shoot, leaves arranged in three rows, one ventral and two lateral. 3. Leaves divided into two or more lobes, and without midvein. 4. Rhizoids in marchantiophyta are hyaline, one-celled, [...]