Tag: classification of pteridophytes

Questions Related to classification of pteridophytes

Heterospory and ligulate leaves occur in

  1. Selaginella

  2. Ferns

  3. Mosses

  4. Liverworts


Correct Option: A

In Selaginella, the megasporophyll is comparable to a structure in angiosperms

  1. Stamen

  2. Leaf

  3. Carpel

  4. Ovule


Correct Option: C

Number of prothallial cells in male gametophyte of Selaginella is

  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four


Correct Option: A

In Selaginella

  1. Gametophyte is dominant

  2. Sporophyte is dominant

  3. Sporophyte is total parasite

  4. Gametophyte is total parasite


Correct Option: B

Stem of Selaginella has

  1. Siphonostele

  2. Protostele

  3. Ectophloic siphonostele

  4. Amphiphloic siphonostele


Correct Option: B

Plant body of Selaginella is

  1. Sporophyte

  2. Gametophyte

  3. Halophyte

  4. Both B and C


Correct Option: A

Botanical name of Sanjeevani is

  1. Selaginella chrysocaulos

  2. Selaginella bryopteris

  3. S. chrysorhizos

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Rudimentary seed habit occurs in

  1. Lycopodium

  2. Selaginella

  3. Psilotum

  4. Equisetum


Correct Option: B

Selaginella leaf possesses an outgrowth proximally on the adaxial surface. It is

  1. Ligule

  2. Indusium

  3. Stipule

  4. Petiole


Correct Option: A

Selaginella multiplies vegetatively through

  1. Tubers

  2. Resting buds

  3. Fragmentation

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D