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Antherozoids of Marchantia are

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  1. Short, curved and biflagellate

  2. Short, straight and multiflagellate

  3. Long, straight and biflagellate

  4. Long, curved and biflagellate

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Correct Option: A

Gemma for vegetative reproduction occurs in

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  1. Funaria

  2. Fern

  3. Marchantia

  4. Riccia

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gemmae also occur on the protonemal branches of some Funaria species.

So the correct option is C.

In which of the following elater mother cells and spore mother cells belong to the same generation?

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  1. Marchantia

  2. Reboulia

  3. Riccardia

  4. Dryopteris

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Correct Option: A

Vegetative reproduction in Marchantia occurs through

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  1. Apospory

  2. Gemma cup

  3. Budding

  4. Hormogonia

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Correct Option: B

Five rowed archegonial neck occurs in ____________.

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  1. Marchantia

  2. Funaria

  3. Porella / Madotheca

  4. Riccia

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The answer is option C i.e. "Porella/ Madotheca"


Archegonia are the female reproductive part located on the surface of the plant thallus in bryophytes and pteridophytes.
  • In Porella/ Madotheca archegonial neck is long, comprises of five vertical rows of neck cells.
  • In Marchantia, the archegonial neck is arranged in 8 rows.
  • In Funaria, the archegonial neck is single-layered or rowed.
  • In Riccia, the archegonial neck consists of six vertical rows.

Plant body is thalloid in

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  1. Salvinia

  2. Marchantia

  3. Funaria

  4. Sphagnum

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plant body is thalloid in Marchantia. An organism or structure resembling a thallus is called Thalloid.

Archegoniophore occurs in

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  1. Adiantum

  2. Funaria

  3. Chara

  4. Marchantia

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Correct Option: D

Consider the folowing statements
Marchantia polymorpha
1. is dioecious
2. possesses antheriodophores and archegoniophores.
3. lacks foot and seta in its sporophyte
4. is heterosporous.
Which of these statements are corrct?

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. 3 and 4

  3. 1 and 4

  4. 2 and 3

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Correct Option: A

The capsule grows continuously due to the presence of n intercalary meristem in _____________.

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  1. Marchantia

  2. Polytrichum

  3. Riccia

  4. Anthoceros

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Correct Option: A

Consider the following pairs.
a. Sporogonium opening irregularly- Marchantia
b. Sporogonium splitting down into two halves- Scapania
c. Sporogonium with a bulbous foot- Anthoceros
d. Sporogonium without a long stalk-like seta- Sphagnum.
Which of the pairs are correctly matched?

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  1. $1, 2, 3$ and $4$

  2. $1, 2$ and $4$

  3. $1, 3$ and $4$

  4. $2$ and $3$

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Correct Option: A