Pteridophytes

• Pteridophyta


  Spore bearing seedless vascular plants
• Vascular Cryptograms


  Another name for Pteridophytes
• Pteridophytes

  • They rely on external source of water for fertilization
  • They are named because of their feather like leaves
  • They are between bryophytes and spermatophytes
  • They have a differentiated plant body
  • Their stem is mostly rhizomatous
• Orders of Pteridophytes

  • Filicales (produce sorus/sori)
  • Ophioglossales (produce strobilus)
  • Marattiales (sorus in synangia)
  • Salviniales (produce sporocarps)
• Spores

  They contain the sperm and egg cells of a plant<|>They rely on wind to carry reproductive material<|>They are protected inside the spore capsule<|>They are formed in bunches of four<|>They contain chlorophyll and oil droplets
• Ferns


  • They are green perennial plants that grow in different sizes and produce sporangia
  • Their two components are Stipe (Leaf Stalk) and Blade (Leafy Part)
  • Each new growth is called fiddlehead
  • They exhibit circinate vernation
• Horsetails

  • They have a vascular system
  • They are characterized by a vibrant green stem and dark nodes
  • They reproduce by means of spores
• Club Mosses


  • They are one of the earliest vascular plants with small scale-like leaves
  • They reproduce through the means of the spores