Ancestral and Derived Characteristics of Seedless Plants

By the end of this lab you should be able to… 

1. Discuss the evolution of seedless plants from the charophytes.

2. Recognize and identify the taxonomic status of seedless plants.

3. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on a charophyte (genus Chara).

4. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on the liverwort, Marchantia.

5. Identify the major events of the life cycle of Marchantia and the key structures involved in reproduction.

6. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on the Bryophyte, Mnium.

7. Identify the major events of the life cycle of Mnium and the key structures involved in reproduction.

8. Discuss the economic importance of the bryophyte, Sphagnum.

9. Compare and contrast the anatomical and reproductive features of the lycopodiopsids, Lycopodium and Selaginella.

10. Identify the major events of the life cycle of the genera, Lycopodium and Selaginella, and the key structures involved in reproduction.

11. Discuss the evolution of the strobilus.

12. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on the polypodiopsid, Psilotum.

13. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on the polypodiopsid, Polypodium.

14. Identify the major events of the life cycle of Polypodium and the key structures involved in reproduction.

15. Identify and recognize key anatomical and reproductive features on the polypodiopsid, Equisetum.