A biology student collected three unlabelled plant specimens representing Thallophyta, Bryophyta, and Pteridophyta. Upon analyzing their anatomical structures and physiological transport mechanisms, which statement correctly identifies a feature present ONLY in Pteridophyta among these three groups?
- The possession of true vascular tissues, consisting of xylem for water transport and phloem for translocating manufactured food.Cevap
- BThe presence of well-developed xylem and phloem within Bryophyta to supply water to their leafy gametophytes.
- CThe arrangement where xylem translocates manufactured organic food downwards while phloem conducts soil water and minerals upwards.
- DThe reliance of Thallophyta on extracellular saprophytic digestion to absorb organic matter due to an absence of photosynthetic pigments.
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The possession of true vascular tissues, consisting of xylem for water transport and phloem for translocating manufactured food.
Pteridophytes (ferns and fern allies) are uniquely characterized among lower plant divisions by having specialized vascular tissues (xylem and phloem) for internal transport, making them vascular cryptogams.
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Vascular Tissue Differentiation in Lower Plants
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