Plant kingdom

The Pteridophytes include horsetails and ferns. Pteridophytes are used for medicinal purposes and as soil-binders. They are also frequently grown as ornamentals. Evolutionarily, they are…

The signs which are used to express different whorls, number of floral leaves, their arrangements symmetry, sexuality etc. of the flower are said to be…

The predominant stage of the life cycle of a moss is the gametophyte which consists of two stages. The first stage is the protonema stage,…

The liverworts grow usually in moist, shady habitats such as banks of streams, marshy ground, damp soil, bark of trees and deep in the woods.…

Bryophytes include the various mosses and liverworts that are found commonly growing in moist shaded areas in the hills (Figure). Figure: Bryophytes: A liverwort –…

Floral diagram: The symbol which is used to express the arrangement, number, symmetry. placentation etc. of floral leaves of different whorls based on floral axis…

Kingdom Plantae includes all eukaryotic chlorophyll-containing organisms commonly called plants. A few members are partially heterotrophic such as the insectivorous plants or parasites. Bladderwort and…

Bryophyta: The non-flowering plants of the plant kingdom which can be differentiated into stem and leaf are said to be the members under the division…

Characteristics of kingdom plantae: (i) They are autophytic. Chlorophyll-a and chlorophyll-b are their main photosynthetic pigments. (ii) They have well developed vascular tissues. (iii) Embryo…

Vegetative Structure of Penicillium: i) The plant bode is filamentous and is provided with numerous branches. ii) Their branches are called hyphae. The filamentous body…