Evolution of plants

Evolution of plants:

1) Plants invaded land before animals.

2) Bryophytes originated earlier than the vascular plants like pteridophytes and gymnosperms.

3) The first vascular plants developed in Silurian period.

4) Sea weeds and few plants exixted around 320 mya.

 

Evolution of plants

 

 

Cenozoic

Quaternary

Angiosperms (flowering plants)

Tertiary

Bryophytes and monocoteledons

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

Sphenopsids, Ginkgos, Gretals & Dicotyledons

Jurassic

Herbaceous lycopods, ferns, conifers & cycads

Triassic

 

Permian

Arborescent lycopods

Paleozoic

Carboniferous

Seeds ferms

Devonian

Progymnosperms

Silurian

Zosterophyllum

 

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