2. Bryophytes: Mosses! Characteristics: Membersof KingdomPlantae Mosses are eukaryotic Have chlorophyll Mosses store starch, Have pectin-cellulose walls Mitosis is open (nuclear membrane disappears in mitosis) Cytokinesisis by formation of a cell plate along a phragmoplast All mosses have a sporic (diplohaplontic) life cycle that is oogamous Interactions: Bryophytes have unspecificableinteractions with vascular plants, algae, fungi, lichens, cyanobacteriaand autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria. In only very few cases have these interactions been analysed functionally. Uses: Pharmaceutical products Horticulture Household purposes Ecologically important
6. They have green leaves that provide energy through photosynthesis.
7. Ferns grow from a rhizome that sits just on top of the soil.Interactions: They grow in rock crevices, deserts, on mountains and in moist and shady forests. Some species are epiphytes that grow without soil on the branches of trees. Uses: Reduce glandular swellings; Leafjuice: dysentery, ulcers and burningsensation.
13. Gymnosperms propagate via wind pollination.Interactions: Pollen ovule interaction in gymnosperms play an important role in sexual reproduction. Uses: Soap, fragancies, paints, barnish, fuel, lumber, construction.
18. Evolutional advanced structures.Interactions: A flower gets its pollen passed from one individual to the other through pollination, process in which the flower provides a food reward to the individual in the form of nectar or pollen. Uses: A lot of fruits and some vegetables come from the angiosperms. The angiosperms are important sources of food, that’s the main use. Also the flowers are use to give presents.
