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Chapter 25: Q. 17 (page 667)

Microphylls are characteristic of which types of plants?

a. mosses

b. liverworts

c. club mosses

d. ferns

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Option (c) club mosses is the correct answer.

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Step 1. Introduction 

Description of club mosses :

  • Club mosses belongs tolycopodiopsida.
  • They are also called ground pines.
  • They're short green plants with scaly leaves.
  • Some examples are : Stag's horn clubmoss, Huperzia.
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Step 2. Reason for correct option.

  • Microphylls are leaves found in clubmosses that has a singular unbranched leaf vein.
  • They're small leaves with basic venation unlike megaphylls with complex venation.
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Step 3. Reason for incorrect answer.

All the other options mentioned in the question does not contain any structure like microphyll as is present in club mosses.

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