Explain how the evolution of roots and simple vascular transport expanded the habitat of plants...
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Explain how the evolution of roots and simple vascular transport expanded the habitat of plants onto land.
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The land plants are of different types; these include bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.The angiosperms are the anatomically advanced plants that produce flowers with male and female sex organs in same or different plants. These plants have well suited to thrive on land.
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