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General Characters of
Pteridophyte
Ashoke Kr Das, Department of Botany, Abhayapuri College
Pteridophytes are the first true land plants
in the evolution of the plant kingdom
Majority of the living Pteridophytes are terrestrial and prefer to
grow in cool, moist and shady places e.g., ferns. Some members are
aquatic (e.g., Marsilea, Azolla), xerophytic (e.g., Selaginella rupestris,
Equisetum) or epiphytic (e.g., Lycopodium squarrosum)
Marsilea
Diplezium
esculentum
Selaginella
rupestris
Lycopodium
Majority of the Pteridophytes are herbaceous but a few are
perennial and tree like (e.g., Angiopteris). Smallest Pteridophyte
is Azolla (an aquatic fern) and largest is Cyathea (tree fern).
Plant body is sporophytic and can be
differentiated into root, stem and leaves
Roots are adventitious in nature
with monopodial or dichotomous branching.
Stem is usually branched. Branching is monopodial or dichotomous.
Branches do not arise in the axil of the leaves. In many
Pteridophytes stem is represented by rhizome.
Leaves may be small, thin, scaly (microphyllous e.g., Equisetum),
simple and sessile (e.g., Selaginella) or large and pinnately
compound (megaphyllous e.g., Dryopteris, Adiantum).
Vascular tissue is present in stem and root. It consists of xylem
and phloem. Xylem consists of tracheids only and phloem has
only sieve tubes.
The steel is protostele (e.g., Rhynia, Lycopodium), siphonostele
(e.g., Equisetum), dictyostele Adiantum) or polycyclic (e.g.,
Angiopteris). (ix) Cambium is absent; hence, they do not show
secondary growth.

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General characters of Pteridophytes.pptx

  • 1. General Characters of Pteridophyte Ashoke Kr Das, Department of Botany, Abhayapuri College
  • 2. Pteridophytes are the first true land plants in the evolution of the plant kingdom
  • 3. Majority of the living Pteridophytes are terrestrial and prefer to grow in cool, moist and shady places e.g., ferns. Some members are aquatic (e.g., Marsilea, Azolla), xerophytic (e.g., Selaginella rupestris, Equisetum) or epiphytic (e.g., Lycopodium squarrosum) Marsilea Diplezium esculentum Selaginella rupestris Lycopodium
  • 4. Majority of the Pteridophytes are herbaceous but a few are perennial and tree like (e.g., Angiopteris). Smallest Pteridophyte is Azolla (an aquatic fern) and largest is Cyathea (tree fern).
  • 5. Plant body is sporophytic and can be differentiated into root, stem and leaves
  • 6. Roots are adventitious in nature with monopodial or dichotomous branching.
  • 7. Stem is usually branched. Branching is monopodial or dichotomous. Branches do not arise in the axil of the leaves. In many Pteridophytes stem is represented by rhizome.
  • 8. Leaves may be small, thin, scaly (microphyllous e.g., Equisetum), simple and sessile (e.g., Selaginella) or large and pinnately compound (megaphyllous e.g., Dryopteris, Adiantum).
  • 9. Vascular tissue is present in stem and root. It consists of xylem and phloem. Xylem consists of tracheids only and phloem has only sieve tubes. The steel is protostele (e.g., Rhynia, Lycopodium), siphonostele (e.g., Equisetum), dictyostele Adiantum) or polycyclic (e.g., Angiopteris). (ix) Cambium is absent; hence, they do not show secondary growth.