#cycadophyta

[girls--complex]

Grove

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

Phylum Round 1

Cycadophyta vs Marchantiophyta

Cycadophyta

Marchantiophyta

Voting ended onJan 31, 2024

Not Quite Palms vs Not Quite Moss

Cycadophyta (cycads) -- while cycads look like palms, true palm trees are in magnoliophyta. Cycads are gymnosperms, meaning they have seeds but do not have flowers or fruit, and are most often pollinated by beetles. Many can grow in very low water conditions, some out of sand or even rock. Bread palms, a type of cycad, have edible stems. Cones of the Modjadji cycad can weigh more than 40 kg (88 pounds).

Marchantiophyta (liverworts): There are approximately 9,000 known species of liverworts, non-vascular (and therefor relatively small) plants with a dominant gametophyte stage, which can either have leaves or flat thalluses. The name comes from an ancient belief that they could be used to treat liver problems. Liverworts have important roles in the ecosystem: preventing the erosion of streambanks, collecting and retaining water in tropical forests, and forming soil crusts in deserts and polar regions.

[venus-garden]

cycadophyta or sago palm