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Select the mismatch:

Option: 1

Cycas - Dioecious


Option: 2

Salvinia - Heterosporous


Option: 3

Equisetum - Homosporous


Option: 4

Pinus - Dioecious


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Gymnosperms -

  • Gymnosperms are embryo forming, vascular tissue containing plants. 
  • These are usually evergreen trees, rarely shrubs and very rarely perennial herbs. Sequoia is one of the tallest trees.
  • Ginkgo is a living fossil.
  • The dominant stage in the life cycle is the sporophyte and divided into root, stem and leaf.
  •  The root system is usually a taproot system.
  •  Roots of some plants are associated with fungal mycelia and form Mycorrhizal roots (Pinus), while in others they are associated with Cyanobacteria like Nostoc and Anabaena as in Cycas. 
  • The stem of gymnosperms can be branched (Pinus, Cedrus) or unbranched (Cycas).
  • Leaves can be simple as in Ginkgo and Gnetum or Pinnately compound as in Cycas. 
  •  Leaves persist for a few years and they are well adapted to withstand extremes temperature, humidity and wind.
  • In conifers like Pinus, the needle-like leaves with sunken stomata and thick cuticle reduce the surface area to minimize water loss (xerophytic adaptation). 
  • Anatomically the stem has Eustele with conjoint, collateral and open vascular bundles. 
  • Xylem usually lacks vessels and companion cells are absent in phloem. 
  • Stem and root show secondary growth.
     

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Pinus is monoecious. The male and female cones are present on the same plant.

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