PPT-Seed Plants & Gymnosperms

Spring 2014 Outline Review of land plant phylogeny Characters of seed plants Gymnosperm phylogeny amp diversity Cycads Gingko Conifers Gnetophytes Review of land plant phylogeny Green plants viridophytes. Ben Casteel of Appalachian WildSide and VHCC. Siting an Organic Garden. Factors to keep in mind. USDA Hardiness Zone. : 6b (-5° to 0° F). Climate Zone. : . Appalachian Mountains. Growing season. : . Judd et al pp. 206-221. Gymnosperms. Cycads. Gingkos. (one left-- Gingko . biloba. ). Conifers. Gnetales. At least two extinct lineages that were polyphyletic with regards to currently extant gymnosperms. Spring . 2014. Outline. Review of land plant phylogeny. Characters of seed plants. Gymnosperm phylogeny & diversity. Cycads. Gingko. Conifers. Gnetophytes. Review of land plant phylogeny. Green plants (viridophytes). Judd et al pp. 206-221. Gymnosperms. Cycads. Gingkos. (one left-- Gingko . biloba. ). Conifers. Gnetales. At least two extinct lineages that were polyphyletic with regards to currently extant gymnosperms. Plants Vascular Plants Seed Gymnosperms Angiosperms Seedless (flowerless) Ferns Horsetails Club Mosses Nonvascular Plants Seedless (flowerless) Moss Liverworts and Hornworts Essential Question: All gymnosperms (an angiosperms) are considered . heterosporous. Produce two types of spores: microspores and megaspores. Gymnosperm means “naked seed” in . greek. meaning seeds are totally exposed or borne on the scales of female cones. Chapter Overview. On to another kingdom!. Plants are familiar, but also far more complex than you think:. Inter-plant chemical warfare. Unusual plant-animal relationships . Surprising plant-weather relationships. Objectives. 1. Name the . protist. group from which plants are hypothesized to have descended, and describe supporting evidence..  . 2. Discuss some environmental challenges of living on land, and describe how several adaptations meet these challenges.. Why should we care about plants, at all?. Carbon dioxide levels. Indicators for ground level pollution, long before animals. Japan/ radioactive food….. But… . Kudzu- invasive. Did you know……. .. 10.1 Describing the histology of roots, stems, leaves, and . flowers . 10.2 Recognizing chemical and physical adaptations of plants. Examples: chemical -—foul odor, bitter taste, toxicity;. physical—- spines, needles, broad leaves . Like any other organism, plants have to reproduce in order to survive as a species!. If plants didn’t reproduce, what would happen?!. Exactly . . . . There would be no more plants! And that would be bad . . . . Because there would be no more me or you!!!!. Gymnosperms (. Gymno. : naked, . sperma. = seed. ) include simpler and primitive . plants.. They are . characterised. by the presence of . naked ovules. , borne unprotected on the surface of the . megasporophylls. What Do I Study?. Seed and Plant Response PowerPoint. Gymnosperm Notes. Angiosperm Notes. Vocabulary Seed Plants. Vocabulary Gymnosperms Angiosperms. Quiz on Seeds. Quiz on Flowers. Yellow Angiosperm Sheet. B.Sc- II – Sem – III. Unit - I. Dr. M. Nafees Iqbal. Head, Department of Botany. M.S.P Arts, Science & K.P.T Commerce College Manora. Gymnosperm . (Gk. . Gymnos. = naked; . sperma. = seed).