Is Lycopodium a Sporophyte or Gametophyte?
Reproduction by Spores: The plant body is a sporophyte i.e., it bears spores. The spores are developed in the sporangia.
Is Lycopodium a Gametophyte?
GAMETOPHYTES of Lycopodium are structurally diverse. They range from green and superficial to various subterranean or subsurface tuberous and axial forms. Bruchmann (1898) categorized the then known forms into five distinct morpho- logical types. In a genus of over 400 species, only 27 are known as to gametophytes.
How does Lycopodium reproduce?
Lycopodium is a sporophytic plant and reproduces sexually. The plants are homosporous i.e., produces only one type of spores (without differentiation of mega- and microspores). These spores are produced in sporangia which, in turn, are produced on fertile leaves known as sporophylls.
Is Lycopodium vascular tissue?
5: A cross section through a Lycopodium root. There is vascular tissue organized in the center with three columns of xylem (A) and phloem (B) between them.
Does Lycopodium have vascular tissue?
4: A cross section through a Lycopodium microphyll. There is a single vein of vascular tissue in the center and the leaves are now many cell layers thick (unlike most bryophytes).
What is the life cycle of Lycopodium?
Lycopodium or club mosses have two parts to the life cycle, sexual and asexual. Lycopodia are plants that grow in the ground, and sexually reproduce not with pollen and flowers, but with spores.
What does Lycopodium do for the body?
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Why gametophyte is called so?
The gametophyte is the sexual phase in the life cycle of plants and algae. It develops sex organs that produce gametes, haploid sex cells that participate in fertilization to form a diploid zygote which has a double set of chromosomes.