Question

Give a brief account of one of the widely accepted modern classification of pteridophytes.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The term Pteridophyta was first coined by Haeckel. Eichler (1883) divided the plant kingdom into Cryptogamia and Phanerogamia. The Cryptogamia was further divided into Thallophyta. Bryophyta and Pteridophyta. Engler (1909) included the Bryophyta and Pteridophyta under Embryophyta.

Due to discovery of the fossil plants, the classification of Pteridophytes has undergone vast changes in the recent past. Older taxonomists divided the vascular plants in two divisions—Pteridophyta (primitive vascular plants with absence of seeds) and spermatophyta (presence of seeds).