Question

what is the difference between pteridophytes and bryophytes
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Answer 1

➭ AnSwer :-

⟹ Pteridophytes :-

• A pteridophyte is a vascular plant that disperses spores.
• Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden.
• Ferns, horsetails, and lycophytes are all pteridophytes.

⟹ Bryophytes :-

• Bryophytes are an informal group consisting of three divisions of non-vascular land plants (embryophytes): the liverworts, hornworts and mosses.
• They are characteristically limited in size and prefer moist habitats although they can survive in drier environments.
• The bryophytes consist of about 20,000 plant species.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The body structure of bryophytes has leafy or thalloid plant body, while in pteridophytes plant body in differentiated into roots, stems, and leaves.

No vasculature system in bryophytes which means xylem and phloem tissues absent, whereas in pteridophytes proper vasculature is present which means xylem and phloem tissues is present.

No roots are present in bryophytes instead rhizoids are present; In pteridophytes roots are present.

Cell are haploid type in bryophyte, and diploid cells are present in pteridophytes

No true stems or leaves are present in bryophytes, whereas pteridophytes have true stems and leaves.

Archegonium and its formation are properly exposed and neck is formed of six rows of cell in bryophytes; Partially embedded archegonium and its neck have only four rows of cells in pteridophytes.

Antheridium is stalked kind of bryophytes; In pteridophytes sessile kind of antheridium.

Bryophytes are homosporous, whereas pteridophytes can be homosporous or heterosporous.

In bryophytes, the gametophyte is dominating whereas saprophytes are dominating in pteridophytes.

Examples include mosses, liverworts, hornworts of bryophytes while spikemosses, clubmosses, ferns, quillworts are examples of pteridophytes.

Gametophytes of bryophytes are always autotrophic and macroscopic; while in pteridophytes, gametophytes are saprophytic or extremely reduced microscopic structures.

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