•State the characteristics of Bryophytic plants and Pteridophytic plants.
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Mosses and liverworts are lumped together as bryophytes, plants lacking true vascular tissues, and sharing a number of other primitive traits. They also lack true stems, roots, or leaves, though they have cells that perform these general functions. ... The sporophytes of bryophytes do not have a free-living existence.
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Characteristics of Bryophyte:
(i) These doesn't have vascular tissues i.e. Xylem and Phloem.
(ii)These have rhizoids instead of roots.
(iii) They are composed of Haploid cells and only have one set of Chromosomes.
(iv) Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts are the example.
Characteristics of Pteridophytes:
(i) These plants have feather like leaves.
(ii) These possess vascular system and reproduce through spores.
(iii) They are terrestrial but are found in water or moist and damp areas.
(iv) They are also called as Cryptogams because they neither produce flower nor seeds.