NEET 1993 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

Pteridophytes differ from bryophytes and thallophytes in having (1993)

  1. (A)vascular tissues
  2. (B)motile antherozoids
  3. (C)archegonia
  4. (D)alternation of generations

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Evolutionarily, they are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues – xylem and phloem.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
3.3 PTERIDOPHYTES
Page
7
Words matched
14 of 14

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that pteridophytes are 'the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues,' which directly distinguishes them from bryophytes and thallophytes that lack vascular tissues, making option A correct.

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