Question

Please give a 10pionts in important of pteridophtyes

Answer 1

1. its used in horticulture.
2. species of selaginella are grown as garden plants.
3. some are eaten as food.
4. some are used as handicrafts.
5. pteridium leaves are used for making green dyes.
6. club mosses are used as dry industrial lubricant as its micro spore contain non volatile oils.
7. club mosses are also used in forensic investigation as finger print powder.
8. some are dinitrogen fixers eg.Azolla.
9. Adiantium phillippens have been found effective in treatnment of chest complaints.
10. rhizome and petiole of Dryopteris yield an anthelminithic drug

Answer 2

1. its used in horticulture.
2. species of selaginella are grown as garden plants.
3. some are eaten as food.
4. some are used as handicrafts.
5. pteridium leaves are used for making green dyes.
6. club mosses are used as dry industrial lubricant as its micro spore contain non volatile oils.
7. club mosses are also used in forensic investigation as finger print powder.
8. some are dinitrogen fixers eg.Azolla.
9. Adiantium phillippens have been found effective in treatnment of chest complaints.
10. rhizome and petiole of Dryopteris yield an anthelminithic drug