Pteridophytes

Word PTERIDOPHYTES
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Definitions and meanings of "Pteridophytes"

What do we mean by pteridophytes?

Any plant of the division Pteridophyta, of simple vascular plants that reproduce via spores rather than seeds and that alternate generations of diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte or prothallus) forms, the diploid generally being larger and more conspicuous.

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The word "pteridophytes" in example sentences

A supplement to the pteridophytes and phanerogams of Juan Fernandez and Easter Island. ❋ Unknown (2007)

New records of bryophytes and pteridophytes have emerged in Costa Rica. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are also 170 species of shrubs, 140 species of epiphytes, 100 lianas and 140 pteridophytes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Park has an incomplete flora list of 1,302 spermatophytes and 145 species of pteridophytes, of which 905 species are endemic to Cuba, representing almost 30% of all endemics reported for Cuba. ❋ Unknown (2008)

High altitude grassland inventories have resulted in the identification of 1,000 species of plant, among which are 779 angiosperms, two gymnosperms and 159 pteridophytes. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Endemics to Huangshan total 13 species of pteridophytes and 6 of higher plants, including Buckleya henryi which is on the verge of extinction. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Forest Research Institute in 1992 recorded 600 species of angiosperms and 30 pteridophytes in the valley and surroundings, discovering 58 new records for the valley of which 4 were new for Himalayan Uttar Pradesh. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Thirty-one of the 36 known families, and 111 of the 364 described genera of pteridophytes are found in the ecoregion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Species comprise 240 bryophytes (representing over 33% of families in China), 100 of pteridophytes (representing over 50% of families in China), 14 gymnosperms and 1,300 angiosperms. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Macroscopic flora include the aquatic angiosperms (flowering plants), pteridophytes (ferns), and bryophytes (mosses, hornworts, and liverworts). ❋ Unknown (2007)

These include 22 species of macromycetes (larger fungi), only 1 species of lichen, 5 species of pteridophytes (ferns and fern allies), and 312 species of angiosperms (flowering plants). ❋ Unknown (2007)

In addition to the 235 plant species, 85 species of fungi, 74 species of ferns and other cryptogams (pteridophytes, psilophytes and lycopodiophytes) and 128 species of mosses and hepaticas (briophytes) have been identified, this latter group has exceptional diversity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The ferns constitute by far the greater number of pteridophytes, and their general structure corresponds with that of the maiden-hair fern described. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The last class of the pteridophytes includes the ground pines, club mosses, etc., and among cultivated plants numerous species of the smaller club mosses (_Selaginella_). ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

They are also commonly called flowering plants, though this name might be also appropriately given to certain of the higher pteridophytes. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The microspores (pollen spores) are formed in groups of four in precisely the same way as the spores of the bryophytes and pteridophytes, and by collecting the male flowers as they begin to appear in the spring, and crushing the sporangia in water, the process of division may be seen. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The sporangia are borne on special scale-like leaves, and arranged very much as in certain pteridophytes, notably the club mosses; but instead of large and small spores being produced near together, the two kinds are borne on special branches, or even on distinct trees ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

Comparing this with the sporangia of the pteridophytes, the first difference that strikes us is the presence of an outer coat or integument (_in. _), which is absent in the latter. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The general plan of the root is much like that of the pteridophytes. ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

The second class of the pteridophytes includes the horse-tails ❋ Douglas Houghton Campbell (N/A)

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