Which one of the following is a vascular cryptogam?
- Ginkgo
- Marchantia
- Cedrus
- Equisetum
Answer
(4) Equisetum
Solution
Cryptogams are plants without seeds; vascular cryptogams are the pteridophytes, the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues (xylem and phloem), as per NCERT.
⇒ Equisetum (horsetail) is a pteridophyte.
∵ Ginkgo and Cedrus are gymnosperms (seed plants) and Marchantia is a bryophyte without vascular tissue,
∴ the vascular cryptogam is Equisetum.
Answer: (4)