Classify each of the following according to the seedless vascular plant phyla it

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Question

Classify each of the following according to the seedless vascular plant phyla it describes. Their atoms are covered with photosynthetic microphylls Ferns Their microphylls are whorled, scalelike, and lack chlorophyll Horsetails and scouring rushes Sporophytes do no have true leaves or roots Possess ribbed stems containing silica deposits Whisk ferns Possess dichotomously forked stems and rhizomes Spocophytes possess large and highly divided megaphylls Ground pines, spike mosses and quillworts PSILOTOPHYTA EQUISETOPHYTA LYCOPHYTA POLYPODIOPHYTA

Explanation / Answer

whisk ferns

Saprophytes do not have true leaves or roots

their stem are covered with photosynthetic microphylls

Ground pines, spike mosses and quillworts

Horsetails and scouring rushes

The mycrophhylls are whorled, scaled like and lack chlorophyll

Ferns

Saprophytes possess large and highly divided megaphylls

Psilotophyta Lycophyta Equisetophyta Polypodiophyta