Everything about Embryophyte
Subclade of green plants, also known as land plants
The embryophytes are plants of the clade Embryophyta, also known as Plantae sensu strictissimo or land plants. They are complex multicellular eukaryotes with haplodiplontic life cycles. All have specialized reproductive organs called sporangia, and reproduce sexually via alternation of generations using spores or seeds. The name "embryophyte" derives from their innovative characteristic of nurturing the embryonic sporophytes within the tissues of the parent gametophytes during the early stages of multicellular development. They are the dominant group of autotrophs that make up the vegetation on Earth's terrestrial and wetland ecosystems, and represent the quintessential concept of "plants" most familiar to the common knowledge. The study of embryophytes is called phytology. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: EmbryophyteA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Phylogenomic frameworks from deep archaeplastid evolution to embryophyte diversificationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: BotaniqueThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral EmbryophyteCited 483 times
- Go sideways: SporophyteA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BryophyteA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Any member of the subkingdom Embryophyta, which includes most land plants.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Interrelationships of Land Plants and the Nature of the Ancestral Embryophyte
Embryophyte stress signaling evolved in the algal progenitors of land plants
Phylogenetic Relationships of the Liverworts (Hepaticae), a Basal Embryophyte Lineage, Inferred from Nucleotide Sequence Data of the Chloroplast GenerbcL
EMBRYOPHYTE SPORE WALLS: ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, AND HOMOLOGIES
SPOROCYTELESS Is a Novel Embryophyte-Specific Transcription Repressor that Interacts with TPL and TCP Proteins in Arabidopsis
Time-resolved oxidative signal convergence across the algae–embryophyte divide
Thalloid carbonaceous incrustations and the asynchronous evolution of embryophyte characters during the Early Paleozoic
An ancient role for CYP73 monooxygenases in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and embryophyte development
🆕 Influential since 2022
Phylogenomic frameworks from deep archaeplastid evolution to embryophyte diversification
Specific binding between Arabidopsis thaliana phytochrome-interacting factor 3 (AtPIF3) bHLH and G-box originated prior to embryophyte emergence
Embryophyte‐wide detection of natural Agrobacterium ‐mediated horizontal gene transfer reveals an ancient role for mini T‐ DNAs
📚 Books worth reading
BotaniqueCusset · 1997
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🔗 Related topics
- Sporophyte A sporophyte (/ˈspɔːr.əˌfaɪt/) is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a diploid multicellular…
- Bryophyte Bryophytes (/ˈbraɪ.əˌfaɪts/) are a group of land plants (embryophytes), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division referred to as Bryophyta sensu lato,…
- Non-vascular plant Non-vascular plants are embryophytic plants that lack the vascular tissues xylem and phloem that are responsible for transporting water and sugar in vascular…
- Polysporangiophyte Polysporangiophytes, also called polysporangiates or formally Polysporangiophyta, are plants in which the spore-bearing generation (sporophyte) has branching…
- Gametophyte A gametophyte (/ɡəˈmiːtəfaɪt/) is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants. It is a haploid multicellular organism…
- Alternation of generations Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae. In plants, both phases…
- Pteridophyte A pteridophyte is a vascular plant with xylem and phloem that reproduces by means of spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they…
- Green algae The green algae (sing.: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic algae consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed…