Question

In bryophytes primitive forms are

1 .Erect
2.thalloid
3 .Thalloid & foliose
4 .Erect & foliose​

Answer 1

Answer:

3. Thalloid & foliose

In bryophytes primitive forms are thalloid and prostrate but foliose might has a similar meaning

Answer 2

The correct answer is OPTION 3. Thalloid & Foliose.

• The thalloid or foliose plant body of a gametophyte occurs.
• The lateral appendages or leaves are foliose if they lack a mid-rib.
• Always in the dorsiventral position.

• Rhizoids that lack septa.
• The thallus includes several chloroplasts, but none of them contain pyrenoid.
• The dorsal surface contains the sex organs.
• Sporophytes can be simple e.g., Riccia, or differentiated into root, seta, and spores in a capsule e.g., Marchantia, Pallia, Porella, etc.