Which of the following group of plants were the first to become dominant sporophytic generation?

(a) Bryophytes

(b) Gymnosperms

(c) Pteridophytes

Pteridophytes were the first plant groups to evolve a dominant sporophytic generation, meaning that the diploid sporophyte generation is larger and more complex than the haploid gametophyte generation. Gymnosperms arose after the pteridophytes. In contrast, bryophytes have a dominant gametophyte generation.