BIOL 1011 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pollen Tube, Phloem, Vascular Cambium
18 Oct 2013
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Plants & the colonization of land importance of plants. Plants use starch, not simple sugars (because they absorb water) O amylase: unbranched glucose o amylopectin: branched glucose . Chlorophyll b: accessory pigment to chlorophyll a o absorb slightly different wavelengths . Thylakoid characteristics shared features (synapomorphies) between land plants and charophytes . Cell plates form in the center of cell during cell division . Rose-shaped cellulose synthesizing complexes features of land plants only . Cuticle a waxy covering to avoid drying out . Multicellular jacketed sex organs antheridium or archegonium . A single-cell green alga without alternation of generations features important to the conquest of land. Flower major groups of land plants embryophyta: . 10 divisions (phyla) of land plants . 4 major groups to focus on: mosses, ferns, conifers, angiosperms. Rudimentary vascular tissues no true leaves . Confined to damp areas because: o no true vascular tissue o sperm can only travel by swimming .
