Multiple choice

According to fossil records, the first land vascular plants were

  1. lycopodium

  2. psilotum

  3. horse tail

  4. funaria
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 The whisk fern (Psilotum spp., family Psilotaceae) splays its leafless, whisk-like branches upward, and is a living fossil from the time before the dinosaurs. It can grow as an epiphyte in moist climates or as a terrestrial plant in drier areas. 

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