Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is false about the thallophytes?

  1. The geological record of the thallophytes is incomplete.

  2. The simplest thallophytes include sulphur containing bacteria.

  3. The final class of the thallophyta is the fungi.

  4. The second subphylum of the thallophytes is called the heterophytic thallophytes.

  5. All the thallophytes produce chlorophyll.
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Explanation

The thallophytes are in the most primitive plants, lacking roots, stems, leaves, and conducting cells. The simplest thallophytes are in the subphylum of autophytic thallophytes, which include blue-green bacteria (or cyanobacteria, formerly known as blue-green algae), diatoms, and algae.

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