Slide 1 Chapter 17 – Introduction to Plants Plant Evolution and Diversity: The Colonization of Land Slide 2 Plant Evolution Plants: multicellular, eukaryotic, photosynthetic,…
Slide 1 Plants Cellulose cell walls Almost all photoautotrophic Nearly all terrestrial 295,000 Species Slide 2 Vascular vs. Non-Vascular Vascular- have internal tissues that…
Slide 1 Plant Evolution Slide 2 The Plant Kingdom Nearly all are multicelled Vast majority are photoautotrophs –Energy from sun –Carbon dioxide from air –Minerals dissolved…
Slide 1 The Plant Kingdom Non-vascular plants – the mossess & Seedless Vascular plants – the ferns Slide 2 1.2 billion years ago (BYA) – appearance of cyanobacteria…