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OUTLINE:

I. Introduction
A. Objectives
B. Plant characteristics
1. Photosynthesis
2. Generic lifecycle
(alternation of
generations)
a. haploid/diploid
b. mitosis/meiosis
c. overview

II. Plant classification
A. Nonvascular and vascular
plants

III. Ancestry
A. The beginning
1. first adaptations
2. cuticle formation
3. enclosed gametes

IV. Plant Divisions
A. Nonvascular plants
(Bryophytes)
1. Division Bryophyta
a. Mosses
(1) Lifecycle
(a) Gametophyte
stage
(b) Sporophyte
stage
b. Liverworts
(1) Asexual
reproduction
c. Hornworts
B. Vascular Plants
1. Seedless plants
a. Additional adaptations
(1) Dominant
sporophyte stage
(2) vascular tissue
b. Divisions
(1) Division
Pterophyta (ferns)
(a) Uses
(b) Lifecycle
(1) Sporophyte
stage
(2) Gametophyte
stage
(2) Division Psilophyta
(whisk ferns)
(3) Division
Sphenophyta
(horsetails)
(4) Division Lycophyta
(club mosses)
c. The Carboniferous
forests and coal
formation
C. Seed bearing plants
(Gymnosperms)
1. Additional adaptations
2. Divisions
a. Division Coniferophyta
(conifers)
(1) Uses
(2) Pine lifecycle
(a) Pollination
(b) Fertilization
b. Division Cycadophyta
(cycads)
c. Division Ginkgophyta
(gingkos)
d. Division Gnetophyta

V. Conclusion