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NEET 2013
Exam
NEET
Year
2013
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom

NEET 2013 · Botany · Plant Kingdom

The plant body is thalloid in:

The plant body is thalloid in:

Options

  1. ASphagnum
  2. BSalvinia
  3. CMarchantia
  4. DFunaria

Correct answer

C. Marchantia

Step-by-step solution

Marchantia is a bryophyte, also called liverworts, having a dorsoventrally flattened thallus body. Sphagnum and Funaria are mosses (bryophytes), where plant body is leafy. Salvinia is a pteridophyte. It has a sporophyte plant body with true leaves, stem and root. Related Theory Bryophytes are non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. They are characterized by the absence of true roots, stems and leaves and rhizoids perform the function of roots, essentially anchoring the plants into the surface.
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