DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2008

  • question_answer
    Sphaerocarpos belongs to

    A)  Bryophyta      

    B)  Pteridophyta

    C)  gymnosperm    

    D)  angiosperm

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Sphaerocarpos belongs to order Sphaerocarpales; (Bryophyta) which ha general characters (i) The plant body is thalloid (ii) Only smooth walled rhizoids are present (iii) All the cells are uniformly green in thallus (iv) The sporophyte has small foot, very small  seta and a globose capsule. Pteridophytes are seedless vascular plants, plant body is sporophyte, which is differentiated into true stem, leaves and roots, eg. Lycopodium, Isoetes etc. Gymnosperms are vascular plants with naked seeds. Sporophylls produce strobili or cones, flowers are absent, eg, Cycas, Pinus. Angiosperms are flowering plants, where the seeds remain closed inside fruits. They  possess about 50% of species of all plants, eg, all cereals, pulses etc. 


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