Difference between Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
Difference between Bryophytes and Pteridophytes are in tabular form below –
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Bryophytes |
Pteridophytes |
Definition |
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1. | All the land plants which do not have wood, large leaves, showy plants and true vascular system, and known for non-vascular plants, this is called as Bryophytes. | Earth’s first land plants or A group of primitive vascular plants which are terrestrial or aquatic, some can grow on the branches of trees and adult saprophytes are called as Pteridophytes. |
Sporophyte/Gametophyte |
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2. | Bryophytes have dominant gametophyte. | Pteridophytes have dominant sporophyte. |
Haploid/Diploid |
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3. | Plant body of bryophytes contain haploid cells. | Plant body of Pteridophytes contain diploid cells. |
Vascular tissue |
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4. | In the bryophytes, vascular tissue are absent. | In the Pteridophytes, vascular tissue are present (Phloem and Xylem). |
Stem and Leaves |
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5. | Bryophytes do not have true stem and leaves. | Pteridophytes have true stem and leaves. |
Examples |
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6. | Examples of bryophytes are mosses, hornworts and liverworts. | Examples of Pteridophytes are club mosses, quillworts, ferns, horsetails and spikemosses. |