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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
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The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in

  • Adiantum

  • Marchantia

  • Pinus

  • Polytrichum

Solution

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Pinus

Unlike bryophytes and pteridophytes, in gymnosperms (e.g., Pinus, Cycas, etc.), the male and female gametophytes do not have an independent free-living existence. They remain within the sporangia retained on the sporophytes.