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CHAPTER 30 PLANT DIVERSITY II: THE EVOLUTION OF SEED PLANTS Seed. ----------------------- --------------------------. ------------------------------------. Moss leaf cross section. Change in Dominance of Generations. Ovule to Seed. Winged seed of a White Pine.
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CHAPTER 30 PLANT DIVERSITY II: THE EVOLUTION OF SEED PLANTSSeed
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Division GinkgophytaGinkgo Treea “living fossil” only surviving species of a once large Division
Division ConiferophytaBristle cone pine Oldest living organism
Immature seed cones
Life cycle of a pine tree
Tracheids are more primitive than vessel elements; ferns only have tracheids; gymnosperms have both but angiosperms have the most vessel elements.