Q2 / 200 · NEET 2023 (All India) · Botany

Identify the pair of heterosporous pteridophytes among the following: 

  • A
    Equisetum and Salvinia
  • B
    Lycopodium and Selaginella
  • Correct answer
    C
    Selaginella and Salvinia
  • D
    Psilotum and Salvinia

Solution

Pteridophytes are the true land plants and show the following salient features:

  1. They have predominant sporophytic generation and diploid nature.
  2. The gametophyte is independent, called prothallus in ferns.
  3. They have evolved vascular tissue for conduction of water and minerals.
  4. Some genera, like Selaginella, Salvinia, Isoetes, Azolla, etc. produced two types of spores, microspores and megaspores. This is called heterospory. This gave birth to seed habit.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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