Plants: Diversity, Structure, & Adaptations

Join the Amoeba Sisters in their updated plant structure and adaptations video as they discuss the terms vascular vs nonvascular and how they relate to plants before exploring some general categories of plants (bryophytes, seedless vascular, gymnosperms, and angiosperms). Then, the Amoeba Sisters go into how plant structure works with the function of photosynthesis.

Table of Contents:

00:00 Intro
00:50 Focus of Video
00:56 Vascular vs Nonvascular
02:25 Bryophytes
03:06 Vascular Plants
04:18 Monocots and Eudicots Illustration
04:32 Plant Structure
07:23 Some Especially Fascinating Adaptations
08:38 Value of Learning About Plants
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Factual References:

Urry, Lisa A, et al. Campbell Biology. 11th ed., New York, Ny, Pearson Education, Inc, 2017.

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Further Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Want to learn more about mangrove tree species and their structural adaptations to waterlogged soil with low oxygen (and/or high salt concentrations)?

We mention on our chart of general plant categories that if you're curious: we'll also have the phyla names for you!
Seedless Vascular Plants:
Phylum Lycophyta
Phylum Monilophyta

Gymnosperms:
Phylum Ginkgophyta
Phylum Cycadophyta
Phylum Gnetophyta
Phylum Coniferophyta

Angiosperms:
Phylum Anthophyta

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Spanish Subtitles Credit: Alena Goveas

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UPDATE: We like to pin comments of things we should have clarified or included. A great comment brought up this point: while we mention that the leaves are what produce glucose (a sugar) and ultimately it is the phloem that transports sugars, the plant tends to transport in the form of sucrose in the phloem, and sucrose is a sugar made of glucose & fructose combined. Plants can also carry additional sugars too.

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