chapter 21

vascular cryptogams

enations

horsetails

lingophytes

megaphylls

microphylls

protostele

rhyniophytes

sorus

leaf gap

telome theory

leaves that evoleved from branches

15 extant species

aka scouring rushes

lycophyta

fossils

no separate micro/megaspores

solid mass of xylem with no pith

outgrowths

ligule

small flap of tissue

megaphyll evolution

woody plants

underside of the leaf

ferns and fern allies

small segment of parenchyma

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