A Botanist Discovers a New Species of Land Plant with a Dominant

question 2

Multiple Choice

A botanist discovers a new species of land plant with a dominant sporophyte, chlorophylls a and b, and cell walls made of cellulose. In assigning this plant to a phylum, which of the following, if present, would be least useful?

• A) endosperm
• B) seeds
• C) sperm that lack flagella
• D) flowers
• E) spores

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