Organisms with hidden form of reproduction or reproductive structure. This presentation provide a comprehensive knowledge on such organisms thereby aiding to clearly distinguish them from the Phanerogams, which are organisms with and identifiable form of reproduction or their reproductive structures are identifiable.
2. Lesson Outline
1. Overview of Cryptogamic botany
2. Classification of cryptogams
3. General characteristics of cryptogams
4. Phanerogams
5. Classification of Phanerogams
3. Lesson Objectives
• By the end of this lesson, students should be able to;
• Define the term Cryptogamic botany, cryptogams and phanerogams
• Identify the classification of cryptogams
• Describe the general characteristics of cryptogams
• Identify the major groups of phanerogams
4. Cryptogamic Botany
• Cryptogamae (Greek kryptos, "hidden"
+ gameein, "to marry")
• Lower plants or plant-like organisms that
reproduce by spores
• They represent the non-seed bearing plants
• Other names, such as “Thallophytes",
"lower plants", and “Spore plants" are also
occasionally used.
Spirogyra
Ferns
Mosses
5. Cryptogamic Botany Cont’d…
• Cryptogamae as a group are the
opposite of the Phanerogamae
• Algae, Lichens, Mosses and Ferns
are the best known groups of
cryptogams
• Fungi, Slim molds and Bacteria are
also classified as cryptogams
Fern
Mosses
Algae
9. Classification of Plant Kingdom
• Along with animals, there are varieties of
plant species living and surviving in
diverse areas
• In 1883, A. W. Eichler proposed a system
of classification for the whole plant
kingdom
• EICHLER classified plants into two sub-
kingdoms;
̶ Cryptogamae
̶ Phanerogamae
11. Cryptogams
• Cryptogams are lower plants or plant-like organisms that reproduce
by spores
• They are also called “flowerless” or “seedless plants”
• They are simple plants like algae, mosses and ferns which do not
produce flowers, fruits and seeds
12. Characteristics of Cryptogams
• Cryptogams do not bear flowers and
seeds
• They reproduce through spores
• They need moist environment to
survive
• Eg: Yeast, Chlamydomonas, Nostoc,
Ulothrix, Spirogyra, Ferns, Mosses,
Liverworts, hornworts, horsetails etc
Thallus
spirogyra
Horsetails
13. Classification of Cryptogams
• Cryptogams are divided further into three (3) divisions;
1. Thallophyta
2. Bryophyta
3. Pteridophyta
14. Thallophyta:
• Commonly called Thyllophytes
• Includes plants whose body is not
differentiated into roots, stems and leaves
• The plant body is called “Thallus”
• Thallophyta is sub-divided into;
̶ Algae
̶ Fungi
15. 1. Algae:
• Characteristically ;
• They are mostly found in water or
moist place or well-lighted area
• They contain chlorophyll
• Their cell wall is made up of
cellulose
• Ex: Volvox, Ulothrix, Spirogyra
Volvox
16. 2. Fungi:
• Characteristically;
• Most are multicellular except yeast
• They grow in moist and dark places
• They lack chlorophyll
• Cell wall is made up of fungus
cellulose or Chitin
• Examples: Mushroom, Mucor, Yeast
etc
17. Bryophyta
• Seedless non vascular plants
• Bryophyta are the simples land plants with undifferentiated plant body
• They include plants such as mosses, liverworts, hornworts etc
18. Bryophyta Cont’d:
• Characteristically
• They are found in moist, cool and shady
places
• They are known as amphibian plants as
they need water for reproduction
• The plant body is leaf-life Thallus except
moss
• Examples: liverworts, Moss,
Hornworts, Riccia etc
19. Bryophyta Cont’d…
• Bryophyta is divided into three phyla;
• Marchantiophyta (Liverworts)
̶ Eg: Riccia, Marchantia etc
• Anthocerophyta (Hornworts)
̶ Eg: Anthoceros
• Bryophyta (Mosses)
̶ Eg: Funaria
20. Pteridophyta
• Known as “Wing-plants”
• Seedless vascular plants
• They are the most advanced
cryptogams
• Vascular tissues present in their
body
• Seedless vascular plants
23. Phanerogams:
• Greek, phaneros = "visible“ + gameein, "to marry“
• Also called Spermatophyta
• They prepare their own food
• Bear flowers of different structures and colors and they also bear seed
• They have well developed reproductive system
25. Gymnosperms:
• They are naked-seeded plant as their seed
are not enclosed in a fruit
• Characteristically;
• They do no produce flowers and fruits
• They are wood trees and live for many
years
• The plant body is differentiated into root,
stem and leaves
• Eg; Cycas, fir, deodar etc
26. Gymnosperms Cont’d…
• Gymnosperms are generally divided
into four distinct division;
1. Cycadophyta – eg: Cycas
2. Coniferophyta – eg: Pinus, Cedrus etc
3. Ginkgophyta – eg: Maidenhair tree
4. Gnetopsida – eg: Gnetum
27. Angiosperms:
• Angiosperms are the largest group among all the groups of plants
• Constitute about 80% of all green plants
• Found in varieties of habitats
28. Angiosperms Cont’d…
• Characteristically;
• They are autotrophs
• Their seeds are enclosed inside
the fruits
• Plants of this group grow in
different habitats. Some are
Hydrophytes, Mesophytes,
Xerophytes, and Epiphytes
30. Monocotyledon:
• One cotyledon
• Fibrous root system
• Long and narrow leaves with parallel venation
• They have a weak stem
• Examples: Wheat, Rice, Barley, Sugarcane, Maize, Bamboo etc.
Rice (Oryza sativa) Maize (Zea mays) Barley
31. Dicotyledons
• Two seed leaves
• Broad leaves with reticulate venation
• Tap root system
• They have a strong stem
• Examples: Beans, Pea, Mustard, Orange, Mango etc
32. Reference:
• Nabors, Murray W., INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY Copyright 2004 Pearson Education,
Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings, 1301 Sansome St., San Francisco, CA 94111.
www.aw-bc.com
33. Nelson Mandela
“It is what we make out of what we have, not what
we are given, that separates one person from
another”
Editor's Notes
Hidden marriage signifies that such organism reproductive structures are not visible as compared to other organisms with visible form of reproductive structure
Cryptogamae as a group are the opposite of the Phanerogamae
In contrast, in the seed plants the reproductive organs are easily seen
Algae, Lichens, Mosses and Ferns are the best known groups of cryptogams
Fungi, Slim molds and Bacteria are also classified as cryptogams
Along with animals, there are varieties of plant species living and surviving in diverse areas.
These organisms differ from one another in different ways
EICHLER classified plants into two sub-kingdoms on the basis of flowering and non-flowering features;
Cryptogamae
Phanerogamae
They may be aquatic or terrestrial
They are the simples and primitive plants
Commonly called Thyllophytes
The most primitive and largest division of cryptogams
Bryophytes are adapted to grow in water and on land.
The more advanced forms only on land
Vascular tissues are absent
Divided into three classes
Pteridophytes
(pteron=feather, phyton=plant
Plants with feather like leaves
Also known as Vascular cryptogams.
The plant body is differentiated into root, stem and leaves
Have feathers-like leaves
They are the most developed non-flowering plants