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Outline the wide diversity in the plant kingdom as exemplified by the structural differences between bryophytes, filicinophytes, coniferophytes and angiospermophytes

Answer:

• Bryophytes which include moss and liverworts do not have roots, a vascular system or an outer cuticle, they tend to have leaf like structures in moss, and liverworts have flattened shapes called a thallus

Flilcinophytes or ferns have true roots, leaves in fronds and a vascular system, can form small trees with no wood, and have a cuticle on the leaves.

Coniferophytes or conifers can be shrubs and grow to very large trees with wooded stems and roots and they also include an advanced vascular system.

Angiospermophytes which are flowering plants can vary in their structure meaning that they can be small flowers, large trees or shrubs and can grow woody tissue. Also they do include roots and stems and an advanced vascular system.