Division Pteridophyta
Division Pteridophyta: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Pteridophyta, Life Cycle of Pteridophytes, Classification of Pteridophytes, Seed Habit in Pteridophytes, Gametophytes of Pteridophytes, Morphology of Pteridophytes, Habitat of Pteridophytes and, Heterosporous Plants
Important Questions on Division Pteridophyta
In which of the following would you place the plants having vascular tissue lacking seeds?


Pteridophytes differ from mosses/bryophytes in possessing:

A mature ligule, having a prominent basal portion, is called


Assertion : Ferns usually possess fronds.
Reason : Fronds are very small leaves.

Which of the following is having multicellular, jacketed and sessile sex organ?


Why the antherozoids of pteridophyta are flagellate structure?

Choose the incorrect statement from following:

Choose the incorrect statement from the following:

Select the wrong set of features regarding the prothallus of Pteridophytes:

The 'walking' fern is so named because:

Which one of the following statements is false about pteridophytes?



There are two plants in the given figure. Identify them and choose the correct option:

Plant body of a Selaginella/Dryopteris is:


Free living thalloid gametophytes of many ferns are called as
