Final review of key distinctions and characteristics.
a. Artificial classification systems gave equal weightage to vegetative and sexual characters.
b. Algae are largely aquatic, while bryophytes usually occur in damp, humid, and shaded localities.
c. Pteridophytes are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues.
d. Gymnosperms are seed plants with naked ovules.
e. Angiosperms are flowering plants with seeds enclosed in fruits.
f. The gametophyte is nutritionally dependent on the sporophyte in gymnosperms and angiosperms.
g. The sporophyte is nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte in bryophytes.
