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NEET 2023
Exam
NEET
Year
2023
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom

NEET 2023 · Botany · Plant Kingdom

Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the...

Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following:

Options

  1. AEquisetum and Salvinia
  2. BLycopodium and Selaginella
  3. CSelaginella and Salvinia
  4. DPsilotum and Salvinia

Correct answer

C. Selaginella and Salvinia

Step-by-step solution

Pteridophytes are the true land plants and show the following salient features:

  1. They have predominant sporophytic generation and diploid nature.
  2. The gametophyte is independent, called prothallus in ferns.
  3. They have evolved vascular tissue for conduction of water and minerals.
  4. Some genera, like Selaginella, Salvinia, Isoetes, Azolla, etc. produced two types of spores, microspores and megaspores. This is called heterospory. This gave birth to seed habit.
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