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A dominant gametophytic phase alternated by multicellular dependent sporophytic phase is represented by

Updated On: Mar 26, 2024
  • Adiantum
  • Polytrichum/Funaria
  • Chlamydomonas
  • All of these
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Answer (b) Polytrichum/Funaria
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A plant with a dominant gametophytic phase alternated by a multicellular sporophytic phase is” Polytrichum/Funaria.”

  • Bryophytes have a life cycle where the gametophyte is the dominant phase.
  •  Hence, every moss plant is a haploid gametophyte.
  • The sporophyte generation in mosses is dependent on the gametophyte for nutrition. 
  • It has a short life span, and it consists of a stalk with a capsule that produces spores.
  • While other plants, ferns, and green algae have a dominant sporophytic life cycle, every fern plant is a diploid sporophyte.

To conclude, the right answer to this question is Polytrichum/Funaria.

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Concepts Used:

Plant Kingdom

The Plant Kingdom comprises all the plants that have some shared characteristics. These are bacteria (prokaryotes), photosynthetic plants, fungi, and several non-photosynthetic plants.

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Several features of Kingdom Plantae are as follows:

  • They are stationary. They are static and usually remain in one place only.
  • They have branches that expanded and green leaves due to the presence of chlorophyll.
  • They are an autotrophic mode of nutrition that simply means they prepare their food with the help of water, sunlight and carbon dioxide. It is further known as self-nutrition.
  • They indulge in photosynthesis during the day and therefore more carbon dioxide is needed during the day and at night it is released.
  • They secure their food in the form of starch-like algae.
  • They have an inelastic wall around their cell known as a cell wall comprised of cellulose.
  • There is an absence of the nervous system and excretory system.
  • Reproduction is entirely dependent on air, insects and water. Asexual and vegetative method of reproduction is noticed or detected.
  • The non-photosynthetic plants acquire their food through parasitism, i.e through their host like Indian pipe.

Read More: Classification of Plants