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
- AEquisetum and Salvinia
- BLycopodium and Selaginella
- CSelaginella and Salvinia
- 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:
- They have predominant sporophytic generation and diploid nature.
- The gametophyte is independent, called prothallus in ferns.
- They have evolved vascular tissue for conduction of water and minerals.
- 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.