NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant KingdomPractice
Which of the following is also called "amphibians of the plant kingdom"?
Options
- APteridophyta
- BThallophyta
- CTracheophyta
- DBryophyta
Correct answer
D. Bryophyta
Step-by-step solution
Bryophytes are land inhabiting or terrestrial plants. They complete their vegetative phase on land but water is necessary for their reproductive phase i.e . for completion of the life cycle, so bryophytes are known as amphibians of the plant kingdom. Thallophytes have a plant body that is not clearly differentiated into roots, stem, and leaves. They do not have vascular tissue and hence are aquatic. Pteridophytes are the most primitive vascular plants. They have developed vascular tissues and so they were the first