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    The document discusses patterns of plant diversity by grouping plants into categories. It describes three main groups: 1) vascular vs. non-vascular plants, with vascular plants having specialized water conducting cells; 2) seed-producing vs. spore-producing plants, with seeds providing an ideal package for dispersal; and 3) flowering vs. non-flowering plants, with flowering plants including angiosperms. Key subgroups are also summarized, such as angiosperms having flowers and seeds in fruits, and gymnosperms having seeds in cones without flowers.

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    The document discusses patterns of plant diversity by grouping plants into categories. It describes three main groups: 1) vascular vs. non-vascular plants, with vascular plants having specialized water conducting cells; 2) seed-producing vs. spore-producing plants, with seeds providing an ideal package for dispersal; and 3) flowering vs. non-flowering plants, with flowering plants including angiosperms. Key subgroups are also summarized, such as angiosperms having flowers and seeds in fruits, and gymnosperms having seeds in cones without flowers.

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    The document discusses patterns of plant diversity by grouping plants into categories. It describes three main groups: 1) vascular vs. non-vascular plants, with vascular plants having specialized water conducting cells; 2) seed-producing vs. spore-producing plants, with seeds providing an ideal package for dispersal; and 3) flowering vs. non-flowering plants, with flowering plants including angiosperms. Key subgroups are also summarized, such as angiosperms having flowers and seeds in fruits, and gymnosperms having seeds in cones without flowers.

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    PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE PLANT WORLD

    plant species can be grouped together using biological similarities into different PHYLA this scheme recognises EVOLUTIONARY SIMILARITIES rather than functional similarities the diverse nature of many ECOSYSTEMS is often a reflection of the mix of fundamentally different types of plants

    GROUPING PLANT DIVERSITY


    1. VASCULAR vs. NON-VASCULAR PLANTS vascular indicates plants with SPECIALIZED water conducting cells

    vascular
    angiosperms gymnosperms ferns

    non-vascular
    mosses liverworts algae lichens fungi

    specialized water conducting plumbing - vessels

    2. SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS vs. SPOREPRODUCING PLANTS

    seeds
    angiosperms gymnosperms

    spores
    ferns mosses & liverworts algae lichens fungi fern spores

    seed from the Asteraceae (daisy family)

    seeds of Black Bean - Castanosperma

    (Queensland)

    SEED PRODUCING PLANTS seeds contain a FOOD SOURCE, an EMBRYONIC PLANT and are enclosed & protected by a SEED COAT ideal package for dispersal on land comprises 2 groups of VASCULAR PLANTS

    food store seed coat root shoot

    3. FLOWERING vs non-FLOWERING PLANTS

    flowering
    angiosperms

    non-flowering plants
    gymnosperms ferns mosses & liverworts algae lichens fungi

    flowers

    cones

    1.

    Angiosperms seed bearing, vascular plants

    flowers
    seeds in FRUITS includes most food plants, Acacia, nut trees, Eucalyptus, fruit trees, decorative plants large diversity in many different habitats

    flowers of Eucalyptus

    flowers of Drosera (sundew)

    flowers of a grass - Wallaby Grass (Austrodanthonia)

    aquatic plants many different forms of flowering plant

    2.

    Gymnosperms seed bearing, vascular plants

    no flowers
    seeds in CONES the conifers, pines, cycads, ginko (maidenhair tree) large diversity in many different habitats

    Pinus cross section showing seeds

    seed cone of Araucaria

    Callitris near Suggan Buggan, Victoria

    Callitris in NW Victoria

    male and female cones of the gymnosperm Callitris

    Macrozamia understorey, NSW

    Macrozamia seeds

    seeds

    Macrozamia female cone

    Cycas NT

    Cycas seeds

    Encephalartos ferox female cone Southern Africa

    Bristle cone pine


    Pinus aristata

    Ginko biloba Maidenhair Tree

    Phyllocladus celery-top pine

    female cones with seeds

    Welwitschia, Namibia, southern Africa female plant

    Welwitschia, Namibia, southern Africa female plant

    3.Ferns spores not seeds, vascular plants


    ferns are vascular plants photosynthetic reproduction by spores; free water is needed for completion of the life cycle found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats (most moist, but not always) about 10,000 species no specialized support tissue so size is limited

    typical terrestrial ferns

    Marsillia (nardoo), aquatic fern

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