Question

You are working as a botanist in a tropical forest and have located a small plant that has never before been seen or classified. You learn from your dissection of this plant that it has vascular tissue. Yet, over the lifespan of the plant as it grows and matures in your greenhouse, you observe that it never produces seeds. It does produce small cluster of spore-forming capsules on the underside of structures that resemble leaves. You classify the plant as a ____.

Answer 1

Answer: Pteridophyte

You classify the plant as a pteridophyte

Explanation:

Pteridophytes are known to have the following:

- many cells (multicellular) and vascular bundles

- true roots, stems, and leaves

- do not produce flower throughout their lifespan

- they are mainly terrestrial plants, while few are aquatic

- do not produce seeds but reproduce asexually by formation of spores

Examples are ferns