'Reindeer moss' is common name for
Funaria hygrometrica
Marchantia sp
Cladonia rangifera
Polytrichum sp
C.
Cladonia rangifera
The bitter substance present in lichens are removed before being used as fodder. Lichens form favourite food for reindeers, cattles etc. Cladonia rangifera is the commonly used food for reindeer in tundra regions.
When and where does reduction division take place in the life cycle of a liverwort, a moss, a fern, a gymnosperm and an angiosperm?
Name three groups of plants that bear archegonia. Briefly describe the life cycle of any one of them.
Mention the ploidy of the following: protonemal cell of a moss; primary endosperm nucleus in dicot, leaf cell of a moss; prothallus cell of a ferm; gemma cell in Marchantia; meristem cell of monocot, ovum of a liverwort, and zygote of a fern.
Write a note on economic importance of algae and gymnosperms.
Both gymnosperms and angiosperms bear seeds, then why are they classified separately?
What is heterospory? Briefly comment on its significance. Give two examples.
Explain briefly the following terms with suitable examples:
(i) protonema
(ii) antheridium
(iii) archegonium
(iv) diplontic
(v) sporophyll
(vi) isogamy
Differentiate between the following:
Red algae and brown algae
Differentiate between the following:
liverworts and moss
Differentiate between the following:
homosporous and heterosporous pteridophyte
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