Pteridophyta
Pteridophyta: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Dryopteris, Pteridophyta, Habitat of Pteridophytes, Morphology of Pteridophytes, Classification of Pteridophytes, Life Cycle of Pteridophytes, Sporophytes of Pteridophytes, Gametophytes of Pteridophytes, etc.
Important Questions on 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

Which among the following belongs to the group Pteridophyta.


How will you describe the indusium of Dryopteris?

Rolling up of the leaves is seen in Dryopteris.

Which of the following will you keep in the group of true terrestrial plants.

Pteridophytes are the land plants that first developed the seed habit.

Pteridophytes are the first vascular plants in course of evolution.

Pteridophytes are also called the "Amphibians of the plant Kingdom".

Pteridophytes are also called the snakes of plant Kingdom. Why?

Heterospory is exhibited by which among the following?

Statement I: The leaves in Pteridophyta are small (microphylls) as in Selaginella or large (macrophylls) as in ferns.
Statement II: In the majority of the Pteridophytes, all the spores are of different kinds; such plants are called heterosporous.

In which category would you place a plant having vascular supply, producing spores but lacks seed.

What is a mature ligule with a prominent basal portion called?



