2. Bryophytes is derived from a Greek word
‘Bryon’ means Mosses and ‘phyca’ means
Plant.
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3. Oldest land plants on earth and have been around for 400
Million year or more.
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4. Lived in the moist places and humid environmen
Mode of nutrition autotrophic as well as saprophytic.
Plant body is thallus (not differentiated into root,stem
And leaf)
e.g
Marchantia,Anthoceros.
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8. They lack true roots
They anchor themselves in the soil by root-like
Structure called called rhizoids.
Are relatively simple,somthimes multicellular filament of
Thin-walled cells that extend from the photosynthetic
Tissue into the soil.
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9. .usually small and ground-hugging.Most measure between 2 to 4 inches.
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11. 1.Class Musci
the body of the mosses is usually leafy like.
Most prefer damp, shaded location in the
temprate zone.
2.Class Hepaticae
the name liverwort acrose because the lobes
of the thllus resemble the lobes of the liver.
many have a flattened body called thallus,
but some have a leafy apearance.
3.Class Anthocerotae
the sporophytes of hornworts look like small
green broom hancles.its shape os unique
among bryophytes.
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12. The bryophytes reproduce by vegatative. Sexual and asexual modes of reproducti
The gametophytes reproduces sexually by formation of gametes whereas the
Sporophytes reproduce by the formation of spores therefore the mode of reproduc
Is asexual.
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15. • Pharmaceutical
• industry
• Moss industry
• Household
uses
• Source of fuel
Economical importance
bryophytes
of
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16. Skin
treatment
Use for curing
for allaying
arising from
insect bites.
Help to cure
ringworms
Ash of moss is
mixed w and
woundith honey
and fat to treat
cuts,burns
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17. Role of bryophytes in
different ways
(Peat
formation)
(pollution)
(Seed beds)
(Soil
conservation)
(Indicator of
acid rain)
(Food and
Shelter)
(indicator of soil
PH)
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