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Plant Classification
Mrs. Desotelle's Biology
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Biology
9th Grade
04/02/2012

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Term
Mosses
Definition
Phylum Byophyta and is nonvascular
10,000 species
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Liverworts
Definition
Phylum Hepatophyta and is nonvascular
8000 species
Term
hornworts
Definition
Phylum Anthocerophyta and is nonvascular 100 species
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whisk ferns
Definition
Phylum Psilophyta and is vascular and seedless

no roots or leaves
produce reproductive structors on ends of forked branches
Term
club mosses
Definition
Phylum Lycophyta and is vascular and seedless 1000 species
evergreens that produce sproes in cones
have roots
Term
horsetails
Definition
Phylum Sphenophyta and is vascular and seedless 15 species
jointed stems
outer cells of stems contain silica (sand)
Term
ferns
Definition
Phylum Pteridophyta and is vascular and seedless 12000 species
have leaves
most have an underground stem
produce spores on underside of leave
Term
cycads
Definition
Phylum Cycadophyta Gymnosperms are vascular and have seeds 100 species
Term
ginkgoes
Definition
Phylum Ginkgoes Gymnosperms are vascular and have seeds 1 species
Term
conifers
Definition
Phylum Coniferophyta Gymnosperms are vascular and have seeds 550 species
Term
gnetophytes
Definition
Phylum Genetophyta Gymnosperms are vascular and have seeds 70 species
Term
flowering plants
Definition
Phylum Anthophyta Angiosperms are vascular and have seeds
Term
monocots
Definition
Phylum Anthophyta class Monocoytyledoines are vascular and have seeds 70,000 species
Term
dicots
Definition
Phylum Anthophyta class Dicotyledones
170000 species
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