5 - Introduction To Plants

Introduction
to the Plant
Kingdom
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Why We Can’t do Without
Plants!
 Produce oxygen for the
atmosphere
 Produce lumber for building
 Provide homes and food for many
organisms
 Prevent erosion
 Used for food
More Reasons We Can’t do
Without Plants!
 Produce wood pulp for paper
products
 Source of many medicines
 Ornamental and shade for yards
 Fibers such as cotton for fabric
 Dyes
Aquatic Habitat
Terrestrial Habitat
Early Ancestors
Aquatic to Terrestrial
Life
Aquatic Ancestor
 Closest living
species to a
possible land
plant ancestor
 Group of green
algae
 Called
Charyophyceans Chara
Algae & Land Plant
Similarities
 Both contain chlorophylls a and b
 Have chloroplasts with stacks of
thylakoids
 Store starch in plastids
 Cellulose in cell walls
 Go through Alternation of Generations
life Cycle
Living in Aquatic Environments
 Plants surrounded by water so
don’t dry out
 Sperm swims to egg
 Water supports plant
 Plants stay in upper surface near
light
 Absorb nutrients from the H2O
Plant Adaptations to Land
Problems: Solutions:
 Need minerals  Roots absorb H2O &
minerals
 Gravity
 Lignin & cellulose in cell
 Increase in walls
Height for Light
 Vascular Transport
 Adaptations for System
Drier  Waxy cuticle &
environment stomata with guard
 Reproduction cells
 Pollen containing sperm
How Are Plants
All Alike?
Plant Characteristics
 Multicellular
 Autotrophic (photosynthesis)
 Chlorophylls a and b in thylakoid
membranes
 Surrounded by cell walls containing
cellulose (polysaccharide)
 Store reserve food as amylose
(starch)
Plant Reproduction
 Alternation of generations life
cycle
 Diploid (2n) sporophyte stage
 Haploid (1n) gametophyte stage
 Produce multicellular embryo
protected inside multicellular
haploid (gametophyte egg sac)
tissue
Plant Reproduction
 Diploid (2n) sporophyte stage
produces haploid spores by
meiosis
 Haploid spores undergo mitosis to
produce gametophyte stage
 Gametophyte makes gametes
(eggs and sperm) by meiosis
 Zygote (2n) produces the new
sporophyte
Alternation of Generations
Gametophyte
2n Sporophyte 2n gametophyte 1n pollen
2n seed with
plant embryo
Ovary with
1n ovules
(eggs)
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Plant
Divisions
Taxonomy
 Plants are divided
into two groups
 Based on the
presence or Vascular
absence of an Bundles
internal transport
system for water
and dissolved
materials
 Called Vascular
System
Vascular System
 Xylem tissue carries water and
minerals upward from the roots
 Phloem tissue carries sugars made
by photosynthesis from the leaves
to where they will be stored or
used
 Sap is the fluid carried inside the
xylem or phloem
Nonvascular Plants
 Do not have
vascular tissue Sporophyte stage
for support or
conduction of
materials
 Called
Bryophytes
 Require a Gametophyte
Stage
constantly moist
environment Moss Gametophytes &
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Nonvascular Plants
 Plants can’t grow as tall
 Cells must be in direct contact
with moisture
 Materials move by diffusion
cell-to-cell
 Sperm must swim to egg
through water droplets
Nonvascular Plants
 Includes mosses (Bryophyta),
liverworts (Hepatophyta), and
hornworts (Antherophyta)
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Main Parts of Vascular
Plants
 Shoots
-Found above ground
-Have leaves attached
- Photosynthetic part of
plant
 Roots
-Found below ground
-Absorb water & minerals
-Anchor the plant
Vascular Plants
 Also called
Tracheophytes
 Subdivided into
two groups --
Seedless
vascular plants
and Seed-
bearing vascular
plants
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Seedless Vascular Plants
 Includes club moss (Lycophyta),
horsetails (Sphenophyta), whisk
ferns (Psilophyta), and ferns
(Pterophyta)
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Seed-Producing Vascular
Plants
 Includes two groups –
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
 Gymnosperms have naked seeds in
cones
 Angiosperms have flowers that
produce seeds to attract
pollinators and produce seeds
Gymnosperms
 Coniferophyta are
known as conifers
 Includes pine,
cedar, spruce, and
fir
 Cycadophyta –
cycads Cycad
 Ginkgophyta -
ginkgo
Ginkgo
Gymnosperms
 Contains the
oldest living
plant – Bristle
cone pine
 Contains the
tallest living
plant – Sequoia
or redwood
Angiosperms
 Flowering plants
 Seeds are formed when an
egg or ovule is fertilized by
pollen in the ovary
 Ovary is within a flower
 Flower contains the male
(stamen) and/or female
(ovaries) parts of the plant
 Fruits are frequently
produced from these
ripened ovaries (help
disperse seeds)
Angiosperms
 Division Anthophyta
 Subdivided into two groups –
Monocots and Dicots
 Monocots have a single seed
cotyledon
 Dicots have two seed cotyledons
Monocots
 Parallel
venation in
leaves
 Flower parts in
multiples of 3
 Vascular tissue
scattered in
cross section
of stem
Dicots
 Net venation in
leaves
 Flower parts in
multiples of 4
or 5
 Vascular tissue
in rings in
cross section
of stem

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