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Kingdom Plantae Chapter 29 Plant Diversity 1: How Plants Colonized Land. Plant Evolution – Where did land plants come from?. Closest living relatives to the land plants = Charophytes. Evidence that supports this idea. Biochemical similarity Similarities in cytokinesis
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Kingdom PlantaeChapter 29Plant Diversity 1:How Plants Colonized Land
Plant Evolution – Where did land plants come from? Closest living relatives to the land plants = Charophytes
Evidence that supports this idea Biochemical similarity Similarities in cytokinesis Sperm cell ultrastructure Genetic relationships
How did the move onto land happen? • In charophytes a layer of a durable polymer called sporopolleninprevents exposed zygotes from drying out • Sporopollenin is also found in plant spore walls
Movement of plants from water to land Hurdles Advantages • Desiccation • Gas exchange • Support of multicellular structures • Spore/seed dispersal • Reproduction • Unfiltered sunlight • Plentiful CO2 • Soil rich in mineral nutrients • Fewer herbivores • Fewer pathogens
Derived Traits of Land Plants • Apical meristems • Specific areas of cell division at tips of roots & shoots • Multicellular embryos • Retained within tissues of female parent • protection & nourishment • Walled spores in sporangia • Resistant to harsh environments • Carried by dry air • Multicellular gametangia • Archegonia (female) and Antheridia (male) • Alternation of generations
Figure 29.3eApical Meristems Apical meristemof shoot Apical meristems Developingleaves Apical meristemof root Shoot Root Apical meristems of plant roots and shoots
Alternation of Generations • The plant life cycle includes alternation of • Haploid (n) generation – Multicellular Gametophyte • Diploid (2n) generation – Multicellular Sporophyte
Additional terrestrial adaptations Stomata cuticle • Specialized pores for gas exchange • Waxy layer to prevent desiccation
Figure 29.5 The Origin & Diversification of Plants ANCESTRALGREENALGA Liverworts Nonvascularplants(bryophytes) Origin of land plants Land plants Mosses 2 3 1 Hornworts Lycophytes (club mosses,spike mosses, quillworts) Seedlessvascularplants Origin of vascular plants Monilophytes (ferns,horsetails, whisk ferns) Vascular plants Gymnosperms Seedplants Origin of extantseed plants Angiosperms 500 450 400 350 300 50 0 Millions of years ago (mya)
* Small & herbaceous plants * Gametophyte stage is the dominant stage of the lifecycle * Dependent upon water for reproduction
Phylum Hepatophyta- the Liveworts Small, nonvascular, spore producing land plants have a thin, leathery body that grows flat on moist soil or on surface of still water liver – refers to shape of gametophyte Lack stomata
Figure 29.3d Multicellular gametangia Femalegametophyte Archegonia,each with anegg (yellow) Antheridia(brown),containing sperm Malegametophyte Archegonia and antheridia of Marchantia (a liverwort)
Liverworts con’t. Archegonia with egg Sporophyte Stage Foot Seta Capsule(sporangium)
Liverworts con’t. Gemmae Cup Gemmae Asexual reproduction can occur as well……
Phylum Anthocerophyta– the Hornworts • Horn – long, tapered sporophyte • Often first to colonize open spaces w/ moist soil • Symbiotic relationship with N-fixing bacteria
Figure 29.7b Hornworts (Phylum Anthocerophyta) Sporophyte*lacks seta Gametophyte An Anthoceros hornwort species * Rhizoids on underside of gametophyte for anchorage
Phylum Bryophyta- the mosses Common to moist forests & wetlands; mountaintops, tundra, deserts Sometimes in sandy soils retain nitrogen May tolerate cold or dry habitats Cell walls absorb damaging levels of UV radiation
Figure 29.7c Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta) Sporophyte (takes months to grow) Capsule Seta Foot Gametophyte Polytrichum commune, hairy-cap moss
Figure 29.6 “Bud” Sperm Protonemata(n) Antheridia Malegametophyte (n) Key Haploid (n)Diploid (2n) “Bud” Egg Spores Gametophore Sporedispersal Archegonia Femalegametophyte (n) Rhizoid Peristome Sporangium Seta FERTILIZATION Capsule(sporangium) (within archegonium) MEIOSIS Zygote(2n) Maturesporophytes Embryo Foot Archegonium 2 mm Youngsporophyte(2n) Femalegametophyte Capsule withperistome (LM)
Bryophytes Ruled the Land for 100 million years……..until the Seedless Vascular Plants
Similarities & Differences between Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants Similarities Differences • Cuticle • Alternation of Generations • Stomata • Dependent upon water for reproduction • Dominant generation = Sporophyte • Branched Sporangia • Vascular Tissues • Xylem • Phloem • Increase in height • Primary & secondary growth • Organs • Leaves, stems, and roots
Seedless vascular plant adaptations • Branched Sporangia • Vascular Tissues Xylem Phloem
Seedless vascular plant adaptations con’t. • Leaves • Sporophyll modified leaf w/ sporangia • Sori • Strobili • Homosporous • Single spore type bisexual gametophyte • Heterosporous • Megasporangium • Megaspore female gametophyte • Microsporangium • Microspore male gametophyte Microphyll Megaphyll
Phylum Lycophyta- the Lycophytes Quillwort - heterosporous Spike “Moss” Club “Moss” - heterosporous - homosporous Lycopodium sp. * Epiphytic* Microphylls
Phylum Monilophyta Ferns Horsetails Whisk Ferns Equisetum sp. Psilotum sp.
Phylum Monilophyta- the ferns - Underside of frond/megaphyll - note sori (mostly homosporous) Fiddle Head- sporophyte - gametophyte
Figure 29.11 Fern Life cycle Key Haploid (n)Diploid (2n) Antheridium Spore(n) Young gametophyte Sporedispersal MEIOSIS Rhizoid Undersideof maturegametophyte(n) Sporangium Sperm Newsporophyte Sporangium Archegonium Egg Maturesporophyte(2n) Zygote(2n) FERTILIZATION Sorus Gametophyte Fiddlehead (young leaf)
P: Monilophytacon’t. • The Horsetails • Equisetum sp. • “Scouring Rush” • Separate vegetative & reproductive stems • Homosprous • Air canals • Rings of small leaves
P: Monilophytacon’t. • The Whisk Ferns • Note dichotomous branching stems no roots • 3 fused sporangia yellow knobs • homosporous
Importance of seedless vascular plants • Increased growth & photosynthesis • removed CO2 from the atmosphere • contributed to global cooling at the end of the Carboniferous period • The decaying plants of these Carboniferous forests eventually became coal