LIFE CYCLE DIFFERENCES IN THE PLANT KINGDOM

Marchantiophyt Bryophyta Monilophyta Gymnosperms Angiosperms

a Mosses Ferns and Gingkophyta, Flowering plants
Liverworts Horsetails Pinophyta and two
other small phyla
Dominant part Gametophyte Gametophyte Sporophyte Sporophyte Sporophyte
of life cycle

Dependent Sporophyte Sporophyte Both Gametophyte Gametophyte

part of life gametophyte
cycle (non- and sporophyte
are
photosynthetic) photosynthetic
and free-living
Dispersal unit Spore Spore Spore Seed Seed

Sperm Motile Motile Motile Non-motile Non-motile