Land Plants

General features of the green plants

Common name

Land plants

Synonyms

Embryophytes, Kingdon Plantae

Habitat

Terrestrial, some secondarily freshwater or marine

Growth habit

Multicellular: thallus, or stems, roots, and leaves

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Whiplash (2 to 1000+) on sperm cells only, or none

Clonal reproduction

Multicellular propagules, vegetative

Sexual reproduction

Heteromorphic alternation of generations

Included Phyla

Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, Bryophyta, Lycophyta, Psilotophyta, Sphenophyta, Pterophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, Gnetophyta, Anthophyta

Recognized by

Embryonic sporophytes, airborne meiospores, cuticle

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