BIOL 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chondrus Crispus, Hornwort, Marchantia

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Less cell layers (7 or 8- really thin) In all of the vascular plant family there are two families who form holes in development. Bryophytes were amongst the first land plants. Evolved at about the same time as the amphibious animals. Evolved from green algae about 450 million years ago. When oxygen concentration increased in the atmosphere, plants came onto land. Co2 has now increased to 0. 04% or 400 ppm. The development from barren land to productive forest. First plants to colonize on rock surface. Root like structure with acidic compounds to dissolve rock into soil. Epiphytic: plant grows on another plant, not parasitic, only for support. Serve as food for herbivores in tundra ecosystems. Bryphytes have many similarities to green algae. The unique biochemical an structural similarities between green algae in the class charophyceae and plants in general: Cell walls are composed mainly of cellulose. Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll a and b, as well as carotenoids.

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