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Read the following characters and identify the plant to which they are referring to:(a) They usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities.(b) First embryophytes(c) First archegoniate(d) The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte

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a

Ectocarpus

b

Selaginella

c

Cedrus

d

Sphagnum

answer is D.

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Bryophytes usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities. They are the first embryophytes and archegoniate. The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte and derives nourishment from it. Sphagnum is an example of bryophytes hence exhibits all the above-mentioned characters.
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Read the following characters and identify the plant to which they are referring to:(a) They usually occur in damp, humid and shaded localities.(b) First embryophytes(c) First archegoniate(d) The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte