Answer:
This plant is probably most closely related to ferns (Option B).
Explanation:
Ferns belong to the pteridophyte group. Pteridophytes characterizes for having a sporophyte that has stems with leaves and a root. It also has primitive xylem composed by tracheids and phloem, both of them formed by vascular bundles located in a central cylinder.
Spores are its dispersion units and are responsible for colonizing new areas. They also constitute the resistance units under extremely unfavorable conditions.
Their life cycle is composed of the asexual phase (sporophytic phase) and the sexual phase (gametophytic).
The sporophyte, the dominant generation, is perennial. Its aerial part might disappear during unfavorable seasons, but it reappears during spring or summer.
The gametophyte, instead, is ephemeral and must be in the water for its survival, and for sexual reproduction to be successful. In the presence of water, masculine gametophyte -antherozoids- are released and they swim to the archegonium to meet the ovocell. Antherozoids can swim because they have flagella. After fertilization, a new sporophyte is produced.
Answer: Option B.
A Fern
Explanation:
A Fern is a vascular plants i.e they have conducting tissues e.g xylems and reproduce by spores. They belong to the group tracheophyta.They have no seeds not flower. They have true roots and leaves. The leaves are large and are called finds. Their roots are adventurous and are called rhizomes.They have both sporophyte and gametophyte generations. They have flagellated sperm.
