Diversity among plants Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by Tana

Their similar qualities are:

• both are multic­ell­ular, eukary­otic, photos­ynt­hetic and autotrophs

• both have cellulose in their cell walls

• both have chloro­plasts with chloro­phyll a and b

• both contain high percentage of cellulose in cell walls

• both form phragm­oplast during cell division

• both perform phot respir­ation

• both have similar flagel­lated sperms

• some nuclear and chloro­plast genes also match

• they are multic­ellular eukaryotes

• they have autotr­ophic nutrients

• they prevent from drying up using cuticle (made from waxy substance called cutin)

• its body consists of stem, leaf and roots

• have vascular tissue xylem, phloem and cell wall of cellulose

• they show altern­ation of generation